CVE-2021-40985

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p59

Published

Nov 3, 2021 (Nov 3, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

A stack-based buffer under-read in htmldoc before 1.9.12, allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted BMP image to image_load_bmp.

Vendors: htmldoc project debian
Products: htmldoc, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-125
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.9%)

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