CVE-2018-11503

The isfootnote function in markdown.c in libmarkdown.a in DISCOUNT 2.2.3a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by mkd2html.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-05-26

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Discount (Discount Project)

References

• https://github.com/Orc/discount/issues/189#issuecomment-392247798
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00009.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4293