Name: CVE-2023-37463: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-37463, CWE-400, CVSS 6.4, EPSS 0.00696

cmark-gfm is an extended version of the C reference implementation of CommonMark, a rationalized version of Markdown syntax with a spec. Three polynomial time complexity issues in cmark-gfm may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. These vulnerabilities have been patched in 0.29.0.gfm.12.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.4
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade r-cran-commonmarkUpgrade python-cmarkgfmUpgrade ruby-commonmarkerUpgrade cmark-gfm	May 15, 2025	Jul 13, 2023

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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