High
Security advisory
md_push_block_bytes in md4c.c in md4c 0.4.5 allows attackers to trigger use of uninitialized memory, and cause a denial of service (e.g., assertion failure) via a malformed Markdown document.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-26148
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
md_push_block_bytes in md4c.c in md4c 0.4.5 allows attackers to trigger use of uninitialized memory, and cause a denial of service (e.g., assertion failure) via a malformed Markdown document.
osv:CVE-2020-26148
Complete source record
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