What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-22051?

CVE-2024-22051 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 7.1%.

Which versions of Cmark Gfm are affected by CVE-2024-22051?

CVE-2024-22051 presents critical security risk, a integer overflow vulnerability rated CVSS 9.8.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2024-22051?

Within 7 days: Identify all affected systems and apply vendor patches promptly. Vendor patch is available.

Cmark Gfm CVE-2024-22051

CRITICAL

Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190)

2024-01-04 disclosure@vulncheck.com

Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow RCE Cmark Gfm Commonmarker

9.8

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

9.8 CRITICAL

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:33 vuln.today

Patch released

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:33 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Jan 04, 2024 - 21:15 nvd

CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionNVD

CommonMarker versions prior to 0.23.4 are at risk of an integer overflow vulnerability. This vulnerability can result in possibly unauthenticated remote attackers to cause heap memory corruption, potentially leading to an information leak or remote code execution, via parsing tables with marker rows that contain more than UINT16_MAX columns.

AnalysisAI

CommonMarker versions prior to 0.23.4 are at risk of an integer overflow vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Integer Overflow (CWE-190), which allows attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow. CommonMarker versions prior to 0.23.4 are at risk of an integer overflow vulnerability. This vulnerability can result in possibly unauthenticated remote attackers to cause heap memory corruption, potentially leading to an information leak or remote code execution, via parsing tables with marker rows that contain more than UINT16_MAX columns. Affected products include: Github Cmark-Gfm, Gjtorikian Commonmarker. Version information: prior to 0.23.4.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate arithmetic operations, use safe integer libraries, check bounds before allocation.