MediumFix available
md4c — security advisory
md_analyze_line in md4c.c in md4c 0.4.7 allows attackers to trigger use of uninitialized memory, and cause a denial of service via a malformed Markdown document.
- Products
- md4c
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.4.7-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-30027
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
md_analyze_line in md4c.c in md4c 0.4.7 allows attackers to trigger use of uninitialized memory, and cause a denial of service via a malformed Markdown document.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30027
md4c
Fixed versions: 0.4.7-2
md4c
Fixed versions: 0.4.7-2
md4c
Fixed versions: 0.4.7-2
Complete source record
{
"id": "bb48f6afac83198cf56c47f34b3b4a29f4c3fad65a6127d4b8b0f2e2851e01d8",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30027",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30027",
"summary": "md_analyze_line in md4c.c in md4c 0.4.7 allows attackers to trigger use of uninitialized memory, and cause a denial of service via a malformed Markdown document.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30027",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "md4c",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "0.4.7-2",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
"value": "md4c",
"evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
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"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
},
{
"name": {
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},
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}
],
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}
],
"severity": "medium",
"structured": {
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"aliases": [
"DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30027"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
}
],
"affected": [
{
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"events": [
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],
"package": {
"name": "md4c",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/md4c?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30027.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
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"events": [
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{
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}
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}
],
"package": {
"name": "md4c",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/md4c?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30027.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
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{
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},
{
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}
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}
],
"package": {
"name": "md4c",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/md4c?arch=source&distro=forky",
"ecosystem": "Debian:14"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30027.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:26.117380376Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2021-30027"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-30027"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2021-30027",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 421504,
"published_at": "2021-04-29T15:15:11.02+00:00"
}