Security advisory

{
  "id": "6fccbe70d4713db36124b3080658c4b94bbc6e9cd2c9d8bb9d1fcdd4c3b68bf2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12173",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-12173",
    "summary": "MacDown 0.7.1 (870) allows remote code execution via a file:\\\\\\ URI, with a .app pathname, in the HREF attribute of an A element. This is different from CVE-2019-12138.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-12173",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-12173",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-12173"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/macdownapp/macdown",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "f0e3a05906a7af20bb950f9423f21284e0408003"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "f0e3a05906a7af20bb950f9423f21284e0408003"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:macdown_project:macdown:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.7.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.7.1",
            "v0.7.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-12173.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:19.401089318Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/MacDownApp/macdown/issues/1050"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-12173",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383556,
  "published_at": "2019-05-18T00:29:00.25+00:00"
}