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High · 7.5 CVE-2023-42821 EUVD-2023-2549GHSA-m9xq-6h2j-65r2GO-2023-2074

github.com/gomarkdown/markdown Out-of-bounds Read while parsing citations

Published Sep 22, 2023 · Updated Sep 24, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion `0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee`, which corresponds with commit `14b16010c2ee7ff33a940a541d993bd043a88940`, parsing malformed markdown input with parser that uses parser.Mmark extension could result in out-of-bounds read vulnerability. To exploit the vulnerability, parser needs to have `parser.Mmark` extension set. The panic occurs inside the `citation.go` file on the line 69 when the parser tries to access the element past its length. This can result in a denial of service. Commit `14b16010c2ee7ff33a940a541d993bd043a88940`/pseudoversion `0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee` contains a patch for this issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
gomarkdown markdown < 0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown 0.0~git20231115.a660076-1 —
Debian 13 golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown 0.0~git20231115.a660076-1 —
Debian 12 golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) cri-o 1.21.7-2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/gomarkdown/markdown < 0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee 0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee GHSA-m9xq-6h2j-65r2

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