PT-2024-31668 · Htmldoc+3 · Htmldoc+3

Whereisdoujo · Published 2024-08-28 · Updated 2026-02-13 · CVE-2024-45508

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: HTMLDOC versions prior to 1.9.19

Description: The issue is related to an out-of-bounds write in the parse paragraph function in ps-pdf.cxx due to an attempt to strip leading whitespace from a whitespace-only node. This flaw can lead to a security risk.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.9.19, update to version 1.9.19 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the parse paragraph function in ps-pdf.cxx until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-04747

CVE-2024-45508

MGASA-2024-0353

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0303-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0304-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14308-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20219-1

USN-7225-1

Affected Products

Debian

Htmldoc

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 52

• 🔥 https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/528 · Exploit
• https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/2d5b2ab9ddbf2aee2209010cebc11efdd1cab6e2 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45508 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45508 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0534 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24191 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45508 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27114 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45508 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-34035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-45508 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-04747 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45508 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45508#range-16038352 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:0303-1 · Vendor Advisory