Upstream information

CVE-2024-45508 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1230022 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5
  • htmldoc >= 1.9.16-bp155.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-304
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6
  • htmldoc >= 1.9.16-bp156.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-303
openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • htmldoc >= 1.9.16-bp155.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-304
openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • htmldoc >= 1.9.16-bp156.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-303
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • htmldoc >= 1.9.18-2.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14308

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6 htmldoc Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5 htmldoc Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Sep 2 02:00:02 2024
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 17:39:50 2025