#VU67493 Resource exhaustion in cmark-gfm - CVE-2022-39209
Published: September 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67493
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39209
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
cmark-gfm
cmark-gfm
Software vendor:
GitHub
GitHub
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a polynomial time complexity issue in the autolink extension. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.