HTMLDoc v1.9.15 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via (write_header) /htmldoc/htmldoc/html.cxx:273.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-34033 is rated Exploit Available (57.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-03-04 | 0.13% | 0.15% | +0.02% |
| 2 | 2026-03-03 | 0.15% | 0.13% | -0.02% |
| 3 | 2025-12-25 | — | 0.15% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2022-34033 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (htmldoc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-34033 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2022-34033: 1 GLSA(s) (202405-07), 1 atom(s) (app-text/htmldoc); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-34033 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2022-34033 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (htmldoc), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, released 5, ignored 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-34033 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| htmldoc_project | htmldoc | 1.9.15 | cpe:2.3:a:htmldoc_project:htmldoc:1.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/a0014be47d614220db111b360fb6170ef6f3937e | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/ee778252faebb721afba5a081dd6ad7eaf20eef3 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/425 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |