The Markdown parser in Zulip server before 2.0.5 used a regular expression vulnerable to exponential backtracking. A user who is logged into the server could send a crafted message causing the server to spend an effectively arbitrary amount of CPU time and stall the processing of future messages.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-09-18T11:07:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:10:41.419Z

Reserved: 2019-09-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-16215

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-09-18T12:15:10.910

Modified: 2024-02-08T20:28:52.407

Link: CVE-2019-16215

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