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FreeBSD: VID-F2B1DA2E-6178-11EF-8A7D-B42E991FC52E (CVE-2021-30027): md4c -- DoS attack

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FreeBSD: VID-F2B1DA2E-6178-11EF-8A7D-B42E991FC52E (CVE-2021-30027): md4c -- DoS attack

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/29/2021
Created
08/27/2024
Added
08/24/2024
Modified
08/24/2024

Description

md_analyze_line in md4c.c in md4c 0.4.7 allows attackers to trigger use of uninitialized memory, and cause a denial of service via a malformed Markdown document.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-md4c

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