Out-of-bounds read in cmark-gfm - CVE-2023-22485
Published: January 24, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU71462
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22485
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in validate_protocol function. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Affected software
cmark-gfm
How to mitigate CVE-2023-22485
Install updates from vendor's website.
cmark-gfm - update to 0.29.0.gfm.7