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CVE-2024-44337GO-2024-3205GHSA-XHR3-WF7J-H255

The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5
1 proof of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion `v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f`, which corresponds with commit `a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252`, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit `a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252` contains fixes to this problem.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • github.com/gomarkdown/markdownGo

    fixed in 0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5

References 2

GitHub · gomarkdown/markdown

GitHub · Brinmon/CVE-2024-44337