Description
HTML::Gumbo versions before 0.19 for Perl disclose heap memory via type confusion.
Support for the <template> element was added to libgumbo 0.10.0 in 2015, but the walk_tree function in lib/HTML/Gumbo.xs was not updated to support it. The element was treated as a text-node, where strlen() over-reads the heap block that the pointer addresses.
Any caller that runs parse() with the default format => 'string', or with format => 'tree', on input containing a <template> element serializes the over-read bytes into the returned result, disclosing bounded heap contents. format => 'callback' reaches a croak on the unhandled node type and is unaffected.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPS | HTML::Gumbo | < 0.19 | 0.19 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libhtml-gumbo-perl | 0.18-5 | — |
| Debian 13 | libhtml-gumbo-perl | 0.18-5 | — |
| Debian 12 | libhtml-gumbo-perl | 0.18-3+deb12u1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | libhtml-gumbo-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | libhtml-gumbo-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | libhtml-gumbo-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | libhtml-gumbo-perl | No fix yet | — |