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CVE-2021-40648

In man2html 1.6g, a filename can be created to overwrite the previous size parameter of the next chunk and the fd, bk, fd_nextsize, bk_nextsize of the current chunk. The next chunk is then freed later on, causing a freeing of an arbitrary amount of memory.

  • Published: Sep 9, 2022
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2021-40648
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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