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CVE-2015-5147
Stack-based buffer overflow in the header_anchor function in the HTML renderer in Redcarpet before 3.3.2 allows attackers to cause a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the header_anchor function in the HTML renderer in Redcarpet before 3.3.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsredcarpetGHSA-7322-9mx6-5j2m (opens in a new tab)
References
4
- https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150629 CVE request: Stack overflow in redcarpet's header_anchor (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150630 Re: CVE request: Stack overflow in redcarpet's header_anchor (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 75508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0377 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7322-9mx6-5j2m (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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