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redcarpet Buffer Overflow vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 15, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 30, 2023

Package

bundler redcarpet (RubyGems)

Affected versions

>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.2

Patched versions

3.3.2

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the header_anchor function in the HTML renderer in Redcarpet before 3.3.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 15, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Mar 30, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.860%
(83rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-5147

GHSA ID

GHSA-7322-9mx6-5j2m

Source code

Credits

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