PT-2023-27062 · Mathjax · Mathjax

Published 2023-08-29 · Updated 2024-08-02 · CVE-2023-39663

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mathjax versions up to v2.7.9

Description The issue concerns two Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerabilities in MathJax.js via the components pattern and markdownPattern. However, the vendor disputes this, stating that the regular expressions are not applied to user input, thus posing no risk.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1333

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-39663

GHSA-V638-Q856-GRG8

Affected Products

Mathjax

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/3074 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-39663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-39663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v638-q856-grg8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39663 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-39663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39663 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/57569 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/69393 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1696608453979148630 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/88627 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1696655296922304842 · Twitter Post