CVE-2024-44337
Infinite loop in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.1
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.
- Record
CVE-2024-44337- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-3169
5.1
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.
- Record
EUVD-2024-3169- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255
6.9
Infinite loop in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.
- Record
GHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-835
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.1
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.
- Record
CVE-2024-44337- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.1
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.
- Record
CVE-2024-44337- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2024-44337
5.1
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44337- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255
6.9
Infinite loop in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.
- Record
GHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-835
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44337
5.1
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44337- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-50618 No score
CVE-2024-44337 affecting package cri-o for versions less than 1.22.3-12
The package github.com/gomarkdown/markdown is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Prior to pseudoversion v0.0.0-20240729232818-a2a9c4f, which corresponds with commit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252, there was a logical problem in the paragraph function of the parser/block.go file, which allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by providing a tailor-made input that caused an infinite loop, causing the program to hang and consume resources indefinitely. Submit a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252 contains fixes to this problem.
- Record
AZL-50618- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-3205 No score
Infinite loop in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown
Infinite loop in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown
- Record
GO-2024-3205- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14599-1 No score
govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241213T205935-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241213T205935-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14599-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14753-1 No score
fq-0.14.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the fq-0.14.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14753-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/gomarkdown/markdownGo |
before 0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5 | 0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5 |
cri-oAzure Linux:2 |
before 1.22.3-12 | 1.22.3-12 |
golang-github-gomarkdown-markdownDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.0~git20220731.dcdaee8-20.0~git20231115.a660076-10.0~git20260725.8435af3-1 |
None known |
golang-github-gomarkdown-markdownDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.0~git20231115.a660076-10.0~git20260725.8435af3-1 |
None known |
golang-github-gomarkdown-markdownDebian:14 |
before 0.0~git20260725.8435af3-1, plus listed versions 0.0~git20231115.a660076-1 |
0.0~git20260725.8435af3-1 |
golang-github-gomarkdown-markdownUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.0~git20220731.dcdaee8-20.0~git20231115.a660076-1 |
None known |
golang-github-gomarkdown-markdownUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.0~git20231115.a660076-1 |
None known |
golang-github-gomarkdown-markdownUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.0~git20231115.a660076-10.0~git20260725.8435af3-1 |
None known |
golang-github-gomarkdown-markdownUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.0~git20231115.a660076-1 |
None known |
govulncheck-vulndbopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 21 CVEs |
before 0.0.20241213T205935-1.1 | 0.0.20241213T205935-1.1 |
fqopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 0.14.0-1.1 | 0.14.0-1.1 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Brinmon/CVE-2024-44337 | 2024-10-15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-44337 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown, published October 15, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. Fixed in github.com/gomarkdown/markdown 0.0.0-20240729212818-a2a9c4f76ef5.
References
github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/commit/a2a9c4f76ef5a5c32108e36f7c47f8d310322252
github.com/Brinmon/CVE-2024-44337
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44337
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-3205
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhr3-wf7j-h255
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/44xxx/CVE-2024-44337.json
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-44337
github.com/gomarkdown/markdown
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-44337
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44337
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/QTUY324RV3FFZBHVIWDHRCIOPJHIJIN4
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10696
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8912
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31668
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-26248
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3676
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3955
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12401
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-37032
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44337
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45039
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45337
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45436
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-46455
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-46528
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53257
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53859
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-55601
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-55657
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-55658
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-55659
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-55660
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/HBZALBW6GH3MM6LJBF73UKHFM2TQ7MIP