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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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  • GitHub/Cmark Gfm3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:github:cmark-gfm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:github:cmark-gfm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <0.29.0.gfm.6
    • (no CPE)range: <0.29.0.gfm.6
    • (no CPE)range: < 0.29.0.gfm.6
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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