UBUNTU-CVE-2023-24824

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-24824
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-24824.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-24824
Related
Published
2023-03-31T23:15:00Z
Modified
2025-06-03T17:46:24Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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. This CVE covers quadratic complexity issues when parsing text which leads with either large numbers of > or - characters. This issue has been addressed in version 0.29.0.gfm.10. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should validate that their input comes from trusted sources.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / cmark

Package

Name
cmark
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cmark@0.26.1-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.26.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / cmark

Package

Name
cmark
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cmark@0.29.0-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.28.3-1
0.29.0-1ubuntu2
0.29.0-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / cmark

Package

Name
cmark
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cmark@0.30.2-5?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.29.0-4
0.30.2-3
0.30.2-4
0.30.2-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.10 / cmark

Package

Name
cmark
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cmark@0.30.2-6build1?arch=source&distro=oracular

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.30.2-6build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / cmark

Package

Name
cmark
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cmark@0.30.2-6build1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.30.2-6
0.30.2-6build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / cmark

Package

Name
cmark
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cmark@0.30.2-6build1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.30.2-6build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}