CVE-2024-44337

Publication date 15 October 2024

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion `v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f`, which corresponds with commit `a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252`, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit `a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252` contains fixes to this problem.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown	25.10 questing	Needs evaluation
	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown	Upstream: a2a9c4f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L