CVE-2022-21670CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in markdown-it

Medium · published January 10, 2022

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
2%
Percentile
83.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Prior to version 1.3.2, special patterns with length greater than 50 thousand characterss could slow down the parser significantly. Users should upgrade to version 12.3.2 to receive a patch. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02282 · 83.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2022-01-10T20:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 JAN 20:40Z
    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in markdown-it
    cvelistv5