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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-29028 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:22:25.637Z

Reserved: 2021-10-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-42040

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Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-06T21:15:07.213

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:27:07.060

Link: CVE-2021-42040

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