vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-11504: discount: Heap-based buffer-overflow in markdown.c:islist() allows for denial of service
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 26, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 26, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
The islist function in markdown.c in libmarkdown.a in DISCOUNT 2.2.3a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by mkd2html.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
Rapid7 Labs
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