CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-26148

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Published: Sep 30, 2020 | Modified: Oct 09, 2020
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

md_push_block_bytes in md4c.c in md4c 0.4.5 allows attackers to trigger use of uninitialized memory, and cause a denial of service (e.g., assertion failure) via a malformed Markdown document.

Weakness

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Md4c Md4c_project 0.4.5 (including) 0.4.5 (including)
Md4c Ubuntu groovy *
Md4c Ubuntu hirsute *
Md4c Ubuntu impish *
Md4c Ubuntu kinetic *
Md4c Ubuntu lunar *
Md4c Ubuntu mantic *
Md4c Ubuntu trusty *

Potential Mitigations

References