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Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

CVE-2023-26485

High
7.5/10

Summary

The package cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. A polynomial time complexity issue in cmark-gfm may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent Denial of Service (DoS) . This CVE covers quadratic complexity issues when parsing text which leads to either large numbers of "_" characters. This issue affects cmark-gfm versions prior to 0.29.0.gfm.10 and cmark versions prior to 0.30.3. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should validate that their input comes from trusted sources.

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

CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

An algorithm in a product has an inefficient worst-case computational complexity that may be detrimental to system performance and can be triggered by an attacker, typically using crafted manipulations that ensure that the worst case is being reached.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published