7.8

CVE-2021-26252: fedoraproject fedora Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-26252DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26252
Published 24-02-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-26252 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.96%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1
DLA-2700-1DSA-4928-1MGASA-2021-0332USN-7189-1

Timeline

  1. 24-02-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Heap buffer overflow in pspdf_prepare_page(),in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to execute arbitrary code and denial of service.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.96%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

61%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.96% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.96%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • htmldoc< 1.9.11-4
Fedoraproject1 product
Htmldoc_project1 product
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • htmldoc< 1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm3 | < 1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1+esm2 | < 1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 | < 1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3+esm1

5 vendors · 5 products

References

7 links