CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-42040

7.5 HIGH Published 2021-10-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-10-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
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])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-835

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. A parser function related to loop control allowed for an infinite loop (and php-fpm hang) within the Loops extension because egLoopsCountLimit is mishandled. This could lead to memory exhaustion.

Affected configurations

• mediawiki mediawiki (<= 1.36.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References