CVE-2018-12495 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-12495

The quoteblock function in markdown.c in libmarkdown.a in DISCOUNT 2.2.3a...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

discount project

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Affected Software

discount, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
2.2.3, 8.0, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 15th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.