{"id":"BIT-mediawiki-2021-42040","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2021-42040"],"modified":"2025-04-03T14:40:37.652Z","published":"2024-03-06T11:10:47.810Z","database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"severity":"High"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I0caf6f129f94612b5bcf406a171aa5ffedea1f80"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287347"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42040"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mediawiki","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/mediawiki"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.36.3"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/mediawiki/BIT-mediawiki-2021-42040.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}