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CVE-2015-5147

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-07-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the header_anchor function in the HTML renderer in Redcarpet before 3.3.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Redcarpet Project Redcarpet: through 3.3.1

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/29/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/30/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75508
• https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/29/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/30/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75508
• https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

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