CVE-2023-39663
Published: 29 August 2023
Mathjax up to v2.7.9 was discovered to contain two Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerabilities in MathJax.js via the components pattern and markdownPattern.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| alexmurray | Upstream dispute this CVE since these components are internal to MathJax.js and cannot be influenced by a user / attacker so there is no way to abuse this as a ReDoS |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
mathjax Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
trusty |
Ignored
(not a vulnerability)
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(not a vulnerability)
|
|
| bionic |
Ignored
(not a vulnerability)
|
|
| focal |
Ignored
(not a vulnerability)
|
|
| jammy |
Ignored
(not a vulnerability)
|
|
| lunar |
Ignored
(not a vulnerability)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |