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Low · 3.3 CVE-2026-4833 EUVD-2026-16078

Orc discount Markdown markdown.c compile recursion

Published Mar 26, 2026 · Updated Mar 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

Description

A weakness has been identified in Orc discount up to 3.0.1.2. This issue affects the function compile of the file markdown.c of the component Markdown Handler. This manipulation causes uncontrolled recursion. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project maintainer confirms: "[I]f you feed it an infinitely deep blockquote input it will crash. (...) [T]his is a duplicate of an old bug that I've been working on."

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Orc discount 3.0.1.0, 3.0.1.1, 3.0.1.2 —

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 discount No fix yet —
Debian 13 discount No fix yet —
Debian 12 discount No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 discount No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS discount No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 discount No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS discount No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS discount No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS discount No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS discount No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS discount No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed discount 3.0.2.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11786-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 discount +1 No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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