01 Record
CVE-2015-5147
Stack-based buffer overflow in the header_anchor function in the HTML renderer in Redcarpet before 3.3.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the header_anchor function in the HTML renderer in Redcarpet before 3.3.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-07-14 16:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-06-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 32860b6edcece6b2a932b0e643aeca23ef865b44da060fb938420c1e011b2506
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/vmg/redcarpet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150629 CVE request: Stack overflow in redcarpet's header_anchorhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/29/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150630 Re: CVE request: Stack overflow in redcarpet's header_anchorhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/30/10
- www.securityfocus.com75508http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75508