CVE-2021-26259

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

A flaw was found in htmldoc in v1.9.12. Heap buffer overflow in render_table_row(),in ps-pdf.cxx may lead to arbitrary code execution and denial of service.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-26259

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.9.12-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1.9.11-4
debian debianbullseyefixed1.9.11-4
debian debianforkyfixed1.9.11-4
debian debiansidfixed1.9.11-4
debian debiantrixiefixed1.9.11-4

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.