CVE-2021-21306 (GCVE-0-2021-21306)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-08 21:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:09
VLAI
Title
Denial of Service in Marked
Summary
Marked is an open-source markdown parser and compiler (npm package "marked"). In marked from version 1.1.1 and before version 2.0.0, there is a Regular expression Denial of Service vulnerability. This vulnerability can affect anyone who runs user generated code through marked. This vulnerability is fixed in version 2.0.0.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-400 - {"CWE-400":"Uncontrolled Resource Consumption"}
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
markedjs marked Affected: >= 1.1.1, < 2.0.0
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      "status": "final",
      "title": "nodejs-marked: Regular expression denial of service",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2021/cve-2021-21306.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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