7.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-22486
GitHub cmark-gfm Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 26, 2023, 9:18 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:44 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Github cmark-gfm
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-22486 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-r572-jvj2-3m8p
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description 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.
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-r572-jvj2-3m8p No Types Assigned https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-r572-jvj2-3m8p Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CWE NIST CWE-407
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:github:cmark-gfm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.29.0.gfm.7
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} -0.02%

score

0.29584

percentile

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