# CVE-2022-24724: Integer overflow in table parsing extension leads to heap memory corruption

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.28.3.gfm.21, 0.29.0.gfm.3
- Published: 2022-03-03 · Updated: 2025-04-22

## Affected

- github cmark-gfm: fixed in 0.28.3.gfm.21; from 0.29.0.gfm.0, fixed in 0.29.0.gfm.3

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github cmark-gfm, upgrade to a fixed version (0.28.3.gfm.21, 0.29.0.gfm.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-mc3g-88wq-6f4x
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z55K6VNVKO2G5SNKRCQ2KDG5SKTX5PVV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJBFIJEHJZEEDG6MO4MQHZYKUXELH77O/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7V3HAM5H6YFJG2QFEXACZR3XVWFTXTC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5CYUU662VO6CCXQKVZVOHXX3RGIF2DLQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RSKUOJ2VAYGTJXPDE2RRPMNLVVMKCI77/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KH4UQA6VWVZU5EW3HNEAB7D7BTCNJSJ2/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166599/cmark-gfm-Integer-overflow.html

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