What is CVE-2023-22486?

CVE-2023-22486 is a low-severity vulnerability in Github Cmark-Gfm, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-22486?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Github Cmark-Gfm

CVE-2023-22486

cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. Versions prior to 0.29.0.gfm.7 contain a polynomial time complexity issue in handle_close_bracket that may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. This vulnerability has been patched in 0.29.0.gfm.7.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Github Cmark-gfm — versions < 0.29.0.gfm.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-22486?: CVE-2023-22486 is a low-severity vulnerability in Github Cmark-Gfm, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-22486?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.