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CVE-2022-24724: Integer overflow in table parsing extension leads to heap memory corruption

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

cmark-gfm is GitHub's extended version of the C reference implementation of CommonMark. Prior to versions 0.29.0.gfm.3 and 0.28.3.gfm.21, an integer overflow in cmark-gfm's table row parsing `table.c:row_from_string` may lead to heap memory corruption when parsing tables who's marker rows contain more than UINT16_MAX columns. The impact of this heap corruption ranges from Information Leak to Arbitrary Code Execution depending on how and where `cmark-gfm` is used. If `cmark-gfm` is used for rendering remote user controlled markdown, this vulnerability may lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in applications employing affected versions of the `cmark-gfm` library. This vulnerability has been patched in the following cmark-gfm versions 0.29.0.gfm.3 and 0.28.3.gfm.21. A workaround is available. The vulnerability exists in the table markdown extensions of cmark-gfm. Disabling the table extension will prevent this vulnerability from being triggered.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35, 36
• github cmark-gfm: before 0.28.3.gfm.21; from 0.28.3.gfm.21 (excl.) before 0.29.0.gfm.3 — fixed in 0.28.3.gfm.21, 0.29.0.gfm.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: github cmark-gfm 0.28.3.gfm.21, 0.29.0.gfm.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166599/cmark-gfm-Integer-overflow.html
• https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-mc3g-88wq-6f4x
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5CYUU662VO6CCXQKVZVOHXX3RGIF2DLQ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7V3HAM5H6YFJG2QFEXACZR3XVWFTXTC/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KH4UQA6VWVZU5EW3HNEAB7D7BTCNJSJ2/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RSKUOJ2VAYGTJXPDE2RRPMNLVVMKCI77/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TJBFIJEHJZEEDG6MO4MQHZYKUXELH77O/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z55K6VNVKO2G5SNKRCQ2KDG5SKTX5PVV/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166599/cmark-gfm-Integer-overflow.html
• https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/security/advisories/GHSA-mc3g-88wq-6f4x
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5CYUU662VO6CCXQKVZVOHXX3RGIF2DLQ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7V3HAM5H6YFJG2QFEXACZR3XVWFTXTC/

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