What is CVE-2024-45508?

CVE-2024-45508 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Htmldoc_project Htmldoc, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-45508?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Htmldoc_project Htmldoc

CVE-2024-45508

HTMLDOC before 1.9.19 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cxx because of an attempt to strip leading whitespace from a whitespace-only node.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (49.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Htmldoc_project Htmldoc
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45508?: CVE-2024-45508 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Htmldoc_project Htmldoc, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-45508?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.