GHSA-V638-Q856-GRG8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-29 21:30 – Updated: 2024-01-31 00:02
VLAI?
Summary
MathJax Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
Details

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. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because the regular expressions are not applied to user input; thus, there is no risk.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "mathjax"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "2.7.9"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-39663"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-01-31T00:02:46Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-08-29T20:15:09Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because the regular expressions are not applied to user input; thus, there is no risk.\n\n",
  "id": "GHSA-v638-q856-grg8",
  "modified": "2024-01-31T00:02:46Z",
  "published": "2023-08-29T21:30:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39663"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/3074"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "MathJax Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)"
}


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