What is CVE-2024-44337?

CVE-2024-44337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2024-10-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-44337?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-44337 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in N/a

CVE-2024-44337

The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion `v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f`, which corresponds with commit `a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252`, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit `a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252` contains fixes to this problem.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44337?: CVE-2024-44337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in N/a. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2024-10-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-44337?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-44337 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.