CVE-2023-42821

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CVE-2023-42821

Summary: github.com/gomarkdown/markdown Out-of-bounds Read while parsing citations

Details: The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion `0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee`, which corresponds with commit `14b16010c2ee7ff33a940a541d993bd043a88940`, parsing malformed markdown input with parser that uses parser.Mmark extension could result in out-of-bounds read vulnerability. To exploit the vulnerability, parser needs to have `parser.Mmark` extension set. The panic occurs inside the `citation.go` file on the line 69 when the parser tries to access the element past its length. This can result in a denial of service. Commit `14b16010c2ee7ff33a940a541d993bd043a88940`/pseudoversion `0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee` contains a patch for this issue.

References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/42xxx/CVE-2023-42821.json, https://github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/blob/7478c230c7cd3e7328803d89abe591d0b61c41e4/parser/citation.go#L69, https://github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/commit/14b16010c2ee7ff33a940a541d993bd043a88940, https://github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/security/advisories/GHSA-m9xq-6h2j-65r2, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42821