html2hdml remove_quote function buffer overflow
| html2hdml-removequote-bo (18556) |  High Risk |
Description:
html2hdml is an HTML to a Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML) converter running on Linux, Solaris, and Cygwin based-operating systems. html2hdml version 1.0.3 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking in the remove_quote function in the convert.c file. By sending a specially-crafted HTML file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with user privileges, once the file is opened.
Platforms Affected:
- Cygwin, Cygwin
- html2hdml, html2hdml 1.0.3
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- University of Illinois Chicago Web site, html2hdml 1.0.3 remove_quote overflows print_buf buffer at http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/html2hdml.txt.
- BID-12003: HTML2HDML File Conversion Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1275: Buffer overflow in the remove_quote function in convert.c for html2hdml 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file.
Reported:
Dec 16, 2004
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