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."
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Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:45:00 +0000
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| 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." | |
| Title | Orc discount Markdown markdown.c compile recursion | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-404 CWE-674 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulDB
Published: 2026-03-26T01:02:39.046Z
Updated: 2026-03-26T01:02:39.046Z
Reserved: 2026-03-25T14:19:41.105Z
Link: CVE-2026-4833
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-26T02:16:08.323
Modified: 2026-03-26T02:16:08.323
Link: CVE-2026-4833
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