CVE-2024-44337

MEDIUM

Markdown - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 2 stars
by Brinmon · poc
https://github.com/Brinmon/CVE-2024-44337

Scores

CVSS v3 5.1
EPSS 0.0404
EPSS Percentile 88.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Details

Status published
Products (1)
gomarkdown/markdown 0 - 0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5Go
Published Oct 15, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026