CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-26148

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Published: Sep 30, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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
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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

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Md4cMd4c_project0.4.5 (including)0.4.5 (including)
Md4cUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
Md4cUbuntufocal*
Md4cUbuntugroovy*
Md4cUbuntuhirsute*
Md4cUbuntuimpish*
Md4cUbuntukinetic*
Md4cUbuntulunar*
Md4cUbuntumantic*
Md4cUbuntuoracular*
Md4cUbuntutrusty*
Md4cUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References