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CVE-2021-42040

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.36.2.

Impact

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. A parser function related to loop control allowed for an infinite loop (and php-fpm hang) within the Loops extension because egLoopsCountLimit is mishandled. This could lead to memory exhaustion.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MediawikiMediawiki
through 1.36.2

Weakness classification

References