CVE-2023-28631CWE-755

Attacker controlled data in AST nodes is not validated in comrak

Medium · published March 28, 2023

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
69.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

comrak is a CommonMark + GFM compatible Markdown parser and renderer written in rust. A Comrak AST can be constructed manually by a program instead of parsing a Markdown document with `parse_document`. This AST can then be converted to HTML via `html::format_document_with_plugins`. However, the HTML formatting code assumes that the AST is well-formed. For example, many AST notes contain `[u8]` fields which the formatting code assumes is valid UTF-8 data. Several bugs can be triggered if this is not the case. Version 0.17.0 contains adjustments to the AST, storing strings instead of unvalidated byte arrays. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may manually validate UTF-8 correctness of all data when assigning to `&[u8]` and `Vec<u8>` fields in the AST. This issue is also tracked as `GHSL-2023-049`.

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
0.01268 · 69.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-755 · Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Published
2023-03-28T20:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 MAR 20:17Z
    Attacker controlled data in AST nodes is not validated in comrak
    cvelistv5