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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.8 Medium

CVE-2026-4833

Orc discount Markdown markdown.c compile recursion

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
VulDB

Description

A weakness has been identified in Orc discount up to 3.0.1.2. This issue affects the function compile of the file markdown.c of the component Markdown Handler. This manipulation causes uncontrolled recursion. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project maintainer confirms: "[I]f you feed it an infinitely deep blockquote input it will crash. (...) [T]his is a duplicate of an old bug that I've been working on."

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Orc discount

  • 3.0.1.0affected
  • 3.0.1.1affected
  • 3.0.1.2affected

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