CVE-2021-34119

Publication date 18 July 2023

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A flaw was discovered in htmodoc 1.9.12 in function parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cxx ,this flaw possibly allows possible code execution and a denial of service via a crafted file.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
htmldoc	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1.9.7-1ubuntu0.3+esm1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.9.2-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1+esm2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm3

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7189-1
HTMLDOC vulnerabilities
8 January 2025