Marked up to 4.0.9 Regular Expression resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Marked up to 4.0.9. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Regular Expression Handler. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-21681. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Marked up to 4.0.9. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Regular Expression Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was presented 01/14/2022 as GHSA-5v2h-r2cx-5xgj. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-21681 since 11/16/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.0.10 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 8f806573a3f6c6b7a39b8cdb66ab5ebb8d55a5f5 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-0473). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Marked 4.0.10
Patch: 8f806573a3f6c6b7a39b8cdb66ab5ebb8d55a5f5

Timelineinfo

11/16/2021 🔍
01/14/2022 +59 days 🔍
01/14/2022 +0 days 🔍
03/09/2026 +1515 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-5v2h-r2cx-5xgj
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-21681 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-21681
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-190458
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/14/2022 20:53
Updated: 03/09/2026 16:43
Changes: 01/14/2022 20:53 (51), 01/17/2022 21:19 (2), 03/09/2026 16:43 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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