UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10531

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10531
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10531.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10531
Upstream
Published
2018-05-31T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:00Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

marked is an application that is meant to parse and compile markdown. Due to the way that marked 0.3.5 and earlier parses input, specifically HTML entities, it's possible to bypass marked's content injection protection (sanitize: true) to inject a javascript: URL. This flaw exists because &#xNNanything; gets parsed to what it could and leaves the rest behind, resulting in just anything; being left.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / node-marked

Package

Name
node-marked
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-marked@0.3.2+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.3.2+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libjs-marked",
            "binary_version": "0.3.2+dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "node-marked",
            "binary_version": "0.3.2+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}