Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 15, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-12495

Description

The quoteblock function in markdown.c in libmarkdown.a in DISCOUNT 2.2.3a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted file.

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Affected products

Discount Project/Discount
cpe:2.3:a:discount_project:discount:2.2.3:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords3 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/discount&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/discount&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/discount&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015
< 2.2.4-bp150.3.3.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.4-bp150.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.7-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.4-bp150.3.3.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/Orc/discount/issues/189nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00009.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4293nvdThird Party Advisory

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