CVE-2019-25103 is a regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) vulnerability affecting simple-markdown version 0.5.1, specifically within its simple-markdown.js component, which is used in products like Khan Academy's simple_markdown. This vulnerability allows for remote attacks due to inefficient regular expression complexity, leading to a high availability impact. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it poses a significant risk of denial of service. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:khanacademy:simple-markdown:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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