CVE-2021-40985

low
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

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.

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-2021-40985

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-40985.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.9.13-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.9.13-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.9.11-4+deb11u1
debian debianforkyfixed1.9.13-1
debian debiansidfixed1.9.13-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.9.13-1

References

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