High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-39209
CVE-2022-39209
Description
cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. In versions prior to 0.29.0.gfm.6 a polynomial time complexity issue in cmark-gfm's autolink extension may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. Users may verify the patch by running python3 -c 'print("![l"* 100000 + "\n")' | ./cmark-gfm -e autolink, which will resource exhaust on unpatched cmark-gfm but render correctly on patched cmark-gfm. This vulnerability has been patched in 0.29.0.gfm.6. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the use of the autolink extension.
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6- github.com/github/cmark-gfm/commit/9d57d8a23142b316282bdfc954cb0ecda40a8655nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_complexitynvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-cgh3-p57x-9q7qnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JIUCZN3PEKUCT2JQYQTYOVIJG2KSD6G7/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JMGP65NANDVKPDMXMKYO2ZV2H2HZJY4P/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UEAAAI4OULDYQ2TA3HOXH54PC3DCBFZS/nvd
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