CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-25102
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-02-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1333
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in simple-markdown 0.6.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file simple-markdown.js. The manipulation with the input <<<<<<<<<<:/:/:/:/:/:/:/:/:/:/ leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.6.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 015a719bf5cdc561feea05500ecb3274ef609cd2. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-220638 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• khanacademy simple-markdown 0.6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity weakness
References
- https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/commit/015a719bf5cdc561feea05500ecb3274ef609cd2 Patch
- https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/pull/73 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/releases/tag/0.6.1 Release Notes
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220638 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.220638 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/commit/015a719bf5cdc561feea05500ecb3274ef609cd2 Patch
- https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/pull/73 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/releases/tag/0.6.1 Release Notes
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220638 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.220638 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory