CVE-2021-42040

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.36.2

published October 6, 2021

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. A parser function related to loop control allowed for an infinite loop (and php-fpm hang) within the Loops extension because egLoopsCountLimit is mishandled. This could lead to memory exhaustion.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01159 · 66.9th percentile
Published
2021-10-06T20:28Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 OCT 20:28Z
    An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.36.2
    cvelistv5