CVE-2023-2831

Mattermost fails to unescape Markdown strings in a memory-efficient way, allowing an attacker to cause a Denial of Service by sending a message containing a large number of escaped characters.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://mattermost.com/security-updates/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mattermost:mattermost:7.10.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-06-16 10:15

Updated : 2023-06-26 17:44

NVD link : CVE-2023-2831

Mitre link : CVE-2023-2831

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-2831

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mattermost

mattermost

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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