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FKIE_CVE-2023-5522

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-10-17 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:48
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
Mattermost Mobile fails to limit the maximum number of Markdown elements in a post allowing an attacker to send a post with hundreds of emojis to a channel and freeze the mobile app of users when viewing that particular channel.
References
responsibledisclosure@mattermost.comhttps://mattermost.com/security-updatesVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mattermost.com/security-updatesVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mattermost mattermost *
mattermost mattermost *
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