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Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

CVE-2022-28203

High
7.5/10

Summary

A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting "Special:NewFiles" with actor as a condition can result in a very long-running query.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-763 - Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

The application attempts to return a memory resource to the system, but calls the wrong release function or calls the appropriate release function incorrectly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published