Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package discount  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-DISCOUNT-651345
  • published15 Jun 2018
  • disclosed15 Jun 2018

Introduced: 15 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12495  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream discount package and not the discount package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.