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CVE-2021-42040

high

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.

References

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287347

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-10-06

Updated: 2021-10-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High