cve/2009/CVE-2009-3050.md

CVE-2009-3050

Description

Buffer overflow in the set_page_size function in util.cxx in HTMLDOC 1.8.27 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long MEDIA SIZE comment. NOTE: it was later reported that there were additional vectors in htmllib.cxx and ps-pdf.cxx using an AFM font file with a long glyph name, but these vectors do not cross privilege boundaries.

POC

Reference

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278186
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/htmldoc-overflow.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/25/3

Github

• https://github.com/mudongliang/LinuxFlaw
• https://github.com/oneoy/cve-