CVE-2023-42821CWE-125

github.com/gomarkdown/markdown Out-of-bounds Read while parsing citations

High · published September 22, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
69.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion `0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee`, which corresponds with commit `14b16010c2ee7ff33a940a541d993bd043a88940`, parsing malformed markdown input with parser that uses parser.Mmark extension could result in out-of-bounds read vulnerability. To exploit the vulnerability, parser needs to have `parser.Mmark` extension set. The panic occurs inside the `citation.go` file on the line 69 when the parser tries to access the element past its length. This can result in a denial of service. Commit `14b16010c2ee7ff33a940a541d993bd043a88940`/pseudoversion `0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee` contains a patch for this issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01252 · 69.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2023-09-22T16:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 SEP 16:55Z
    github.com/gomarkdown/markdown Out-of-bounds Read while parsing citations
    cvelistv5