CVE-2023-22486
low-risk
Published 2023-01-26
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.11% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 3.5/10
Low
ADJACENT_NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Cmark-Gfm
Affected Vendors
18
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
13/34 · Low
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal