CVE-2024-44337
Infinite loop in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-44337
To remediate CVE-2024-44337, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5 or later
- —upgrade to 0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5 or later
Is CVE-2024-44337 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0
- from 0, < 0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5
- from 0, < 0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |