CVE-2022-24724CWE-190

Integer overflow in table parsing extension leads to heap memory corruption

High · published March 3, 2022

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
5%
Percentile
91.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

cmark-gfm is GitHub's extended version of the C reference implementation of CommonMark. Prior to versions 0.29.0.gfm.3 and 0.28.3.gfm.21, an integer overflow in cmark-gfm's table row parsing `table.c:row_from_string` may lead to heap memory corruption when parsing tables who's marker rows contain more than UINT16_MAX columns. The impact of this heap corruption ranges from Information Leak to Arbitrary Code Execution depending on how and where `cmark-gfm` is used. If `cmark-gfm` is used for rendering remote user controlled markdown, this vulnerability may lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in applications employing affected versions of the `cmark-gfm` library. This vulnerability has been patched in the following cmark-gfm versions 0.29.0.gfm.3 and 0.28.3.gfm.21. A workaround is available. The vulnerability exists in the table markdown extensions of cmark-gfm. Disabling the table extension will prevent this vulnerability from being triggered.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04510 · 91.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2022-03-03T19:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 MAR 19:35Z
    Integer overflow in table parsing extension leads to heap memory corruption
    cvelistv5