commonmarker versions prior to 0.23.4 are vulnerable to heap memory corruption when parsing tables whose marker rows contain more than UINT16_MAX columns.
The impact of this heap corruption ranges from Information Leak to Arbitrary Code Execution.
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WS-2022-0093 - High Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - commonmarker-0.17.13.gem
A fast, safe, extensible parser for CommonMark. This wraps the official libcmark library.
Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/commonmarker-0.17.13.gem
Dependency Hierarchy: - github-pages-215.gem (Root Library) - jekyll-commonmark-ghpages-0.1.6.gem - :x: **commonmarker-0.17.13.gem** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in base branch: master
Vulnerability Details
commonmarker versions prior to 0.23.4 are vulnerable to heap memory corruption when parsing tables whose marker rows contain more than UINT16_MAX columns. The impact of this heap corruption ranges from Information Leak to Arbitrary Code Execution.
Publish Date: 2022-02-03
URL: WS-2022-0093
CVSS 3 Score Details (8.8)
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: Low - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.Suggested Fix
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fmx4-26r3-wxpf
Release Date: 2022-02-03
Fix Resolution: commonmarker - 0.23.4
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