CVE-2020-5238

The table extension in GitHub Flavored Markdown before version 0.29.0.gfm.1 takes O(n * n) time to parse certain inputs. An attacker could craft a markdown table which would take an unreasonably long time to process, causing a denial of service. This issue does not affect the upstream cmark project. The issue has been fixed in version 0.29.0.gfm.1.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:github_flavored_markdown_project:github_flavored_markdown:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2020-07-01 23:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 21:00


NVD link : CVE-2020-5238

Mitre link : CVE-2020-5238

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-5238


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Products Affected

fedoraproject

  • fedora

github_flavored_markdown_project

  • github_flavored_markdown
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation