{"cve":"CVE-2009-3050","nvd":{"published":"2009-09-02T17:30:01.313","modified":"2026-06-16T23:10:48.177","status":"Modified","description":"Buffer overflow in the set_page_size function in util.cxx in HTMLDOC 1.8.27 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long MEDIA SIZE comment.  NOTE: it was later reported that there were additional vectors in htmllib.cxx and ps-pdf.cxx using an AFM font file with a long glyph name, but these vectors do not cross privilege boundaries.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278186","http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/htmldoc-overflow.txt","http://secunia.com/advisories/35780","http://www.htmldoc.org/str.php?L214","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/25/3"],"products":["htmldoc:htmldoc"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-3050","score":0.04379,"percentile":0.91286,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}