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CVE-2021-21306

Denial of Service in Marked

Published: Feb 8, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-400
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.5%
Top 16.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Marked is an open-source markdown parser and compiler (npm package "marked"). In marked from version 1.1.1 and before version 2.0.0, there is a Regular expression Denial of Service vulnerability. This vulnerability can affect anyone who runs user generated code through marked. This vulnerability is fixed in version 2.0.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

marked project
oss-projectaka marked
markedLibrary
Consumer Software / productivity
markedjs
oss-projectaka marked
markedLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
npm
package-ecosystem
marked
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/markedjs/marked/commit/7293251c438e3ee968970f7609f1a27f9007bccd
github.com
https://github.com/markedjs/marked/issues/1927
github.com
https://github.com/markedjs/marked/pull/1864
github.com
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