CVE-2019-12173

8.8 highEPSS 3.8%

High (8.8) in macdown project macdown. EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

MacDown 0.7.1 (870) allows remote code execution via a file:\\\ URI, with a .app pathname, in the HREF attribute of an A element. This is different from CVE-2019-12138.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2019-05-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

macdown_project:macdown

References

https://github.com/MacDownApp/macdown/issues/1050
https://github.com/MacDownApp/macdown/issues/1050

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