CVE-2024-44337 – github.com/gomarkdown/markdown

Package

Manager: go
Name: github.com/gomarkdown/markdown
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.0093 pctl0.75217

Details

Infinite loop in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion `v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f`, which corresponds with commit `a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252`, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit `a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252` contains fixes to this problem.

Metadata

Created: 2024-10-15T21:30:39Z
Modified: 2024-12-12T17:59:12Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/10/GHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255/GHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-835"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255
Finding: F138
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