rlsa-2022:5597
Vulnerability from osv_rocky
Published
2026-06-28 00:01
Modified
2026-07-12 00:07
Summary
Important: pandoc security update
Details

Pandoc is a markdown/markup conversion tool. The version of pandoc in Rocky Linux 8 CRB uses cmark-gfm (GitHub's extended version of the C reference implementation of CommonMark) for parts of its conversion. The update, fixes CVE-2022-24724: an integer overflow in cmark-gfm's table row parsing which may lead to heap memory corruption when parsing tables with more than UINT16_MAX columns.

Security Fix(es):

  • cmark-gfm: possible RCE due to integer overflow (CVE-2022-24724)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Credits
Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
Red Hat
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:8",
        "name": "pandoc",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/pandoc?distro=rocky-linux-8\u0026epoch=0"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "yum_repository": "PowerTools"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0:2.0.6-6.el8_6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Red Hat"
    }
  ],
  "details": "Pandoc is a markdown/markup conversion tool. The version of pandoc in Rocky Linux 8 CRB uses cmark-gfm (GitHub\u0027s extended version of the C reference implementation of CommonMark) for parts of its conversion. The update, fixes CVE-2022-24724: an integer overflow in cmark-gfm\u0027s table row parsing which may lead to heap memory corruption when parsing tables with more than UINT16_MAX columns.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* cmark-gfm: possible RCE due to integer overflow (CVE-2022-24724)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
  "id": "RLSA-2022:5597",
  "modified": "2026-07-12T00:07:01.416404Z",
  "published": "2026-06-28T00:01:40.098233Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:5597"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2060662"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Important: pandoc security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-24724"
  ]
}



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