CVE-2009-3050: Htmldoc

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 4.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Htmldoc Htmldoc: up to and including 1.8.27; version 1.8.24 only; version 1.8.25 only; version 1.8.26 only

Published 2009-09-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.