Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. A parser function related to loop control allowed for an infinite loop (and php-fpm hang) within the Loops extension because egLoopsCountLimit is mishandled. This could lead to memory exhaustion.

Related CPE's

a

mediawiki

mediawiki

Vulnerable

References

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I0caf6f129f94612b5bcf406a171aa5ffedea1f80

PatchVendor Advisory

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287347

PatchVendor Advisory

Weaknesses

[email protected]

Primary
CWE-835

CVSS impact metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 · High

  • CVSS V3.1

  • CVSS V3.0

  • CVSS V2.0

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Published

2021-10-06T21:15:07.213

3 years ago

Last modified

2021-10-14T18:52:28.733

3 years ago