CVE-2018-12495

discount: heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted file

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 23, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read