GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-7322-9mx6-5j2m redcarpet Buffer Overflow vulnerability
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2015-5147
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- redcarpet
- Severity
- High
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• RubyGems redcarpet: >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.2 → fixed in 3.3.2
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the `header_anchor` function in the HTML renderer in Redcarpet before 3.3.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2015-5147 Stack-based buffer overflow in the header_anchor function in the HTML renderer in Redcarpet before 3.3.2 allows attackers to cause a denial… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5147 advisory
- https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet/commit/2cee777c1e5babe8a1e2683d31ea75cc4afe55fb web
- https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet package
- https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150711061256/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75508 web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/29/3 web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/30/10 web