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golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42821

The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion `0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee`, which corresponds with commit `14b16010c2ee7ff33a940a541d993bd043a88940`, parsing malformed markdown input with parser that uses parser.Mmark extension could result in out-of-bounds read vulnerability. To exploit the vulnerability, parser needs to have `parser.Mmark` extension set. The panic occurs inside the `citation.go` file on the line 69 when the parser tries to access the element past its length. This can result in a denial of service. Commit `14b16010c2ee7ff33a940a541d993bd043a88940`/pseudoversion `0.0.0-20230922105210-14b16010c2ee` contains a patch for this issue.

Products: golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown
Affected versions: 0.0~git20220731.dcdaee8-2, 0.0~git20231115.a660076-1, 0.0~git20260725.8435af3-1
Fixed versions: Not specified
CVEs: CVE-2023-42821
Confirmed fixed CVEs: Not specified
Updated in this feed: 31 Oct 2026, 01:04 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42821

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Sept 2023, 17:15 UTC

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-42821

golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown

Fixed versions: Not specified

golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown

Fixed versions: Not specified

golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown

Fixed versions: Not specified

golang-github-gomarkdown-markdown

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record

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