Vulnerability in Markdown-It Project
CVE-2015-10005
A vulnerability was found in markdown-it up to 2.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file lib/common/html_re.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 89c8620157d6e38f9872811620d25138fc9d1b0d. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216852.
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Markdown-It Project
- Markdown-It — versions 2.x
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- vuldb.com/ (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/89c8620157d6e38f9872811620d25138fc9d1… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, patch)
- github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/releases/tag/3.0.0 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-10005?
- CVE-2015-10005 is a low-severity vulnerability in Markdown-It Project, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2022-12-27.
- How severe is CVE-2015-10005?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-10005 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.