CVE-2023-24824

cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. A polynomial time complexity issue in cmark-gfm may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. This CVE covers quadratic complexity issues when parsing text which leads with either large numbers of `>` or `-` characters. This issue has been addressed in version 0.29.0.gfm.10. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should validate that their input comes from trusted sources.

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/commit/2300c1bd2c8226108885bf019655c4159cf26b59	Patch
https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-66g8-4hjf-77xh	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

31 Mar 2023, 23:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-03-31 23:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 23:37

NVD link : CVE-2023-24824

Mitre link : CVE-2023-24824

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-24824

JSON object : View

Products Affected

github

cmark-gfm

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-407

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

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