CVE-2023-22486

cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. Versions prior to 0.29.0.gfm.7 contain a polynomial time complexity issue in handle_close_bracket that may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. This vulnerability has been patched in 0.29.0.gfm.7.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-r572-jvj2-3m8p	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:github:cmark-gfm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 04:07

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary	cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. Versions prior to 0.29.0.gfm.7 contain a polynomial time complexity issue in handle_close_bracket that may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. This vulnerability has been patched in 0.29.0.gfm.7.	cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. Versions prior to 0.29.0.gfm.7 contain a polynomial time complexity issue in handle_close_bracket that may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. This vulnerability has been patched in 0.29.0.gfm.7.

Information

Published : 2023-01-26 21:18

Updated : 2024-02-28 19:51

NVD link : CVE-2023-22486

Mitre link : CVE-2023-22486

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-22486

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Products Affected

github

cmark-gfm

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-407

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

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