7.5

CVE-2015-10005: markdown-it_project markdown-it

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-10005GHSA-j5p7-jf4q-742q
Published 27-12-2022Last modified 11-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-10005 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in markdown-it_project markdown-it. EPSS estimates a 0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.99%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was found in markdown-it up to 2.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file lib/common/html_re.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 89c8620157d6e38f9872811620d25138fc9d1b0d. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216852.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.99%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

62%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.95% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.99%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Markdown-it_project1 product
Npm1 product
  • markdown-it< 3.0.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-markdown-itAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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