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    CVE-2023-24824

    cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. A polynomial time complexity issue in cmark-gfm may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. This CVE covers quadratic complexity issues when parsing text which leads with either large numbers of `>` or `-` characters. This issue has been addressed in version 0.29.0.gfm.10. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should validate that their input comes from trusted sources.

    Published:Mar 31, 2023
    Last Modified:Feb 11, 2025
    EPS:Mar 31, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00433
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

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    Github
    Product
    Cmark-gfm
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

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    CVE-2023-24824 — Github, Redhat (Medium 5.3) | CVE-DB