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HistoryMar 28, 2024 - 10:10 a.m.

Denial Of Service (DoS)

2024-03-2810:10:18
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
7
denial of service
vulnerability
untrusted expressions
loop
maxexpand

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

katex is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. The vulnerability is due to the inadequate handling of untrusted mathematical expressions containing \def or \newcommand, which leads to a near-infinite loop despite efforts to mitigate it with mechanisms like maxExpand.

CPENameOperatorVersion
katexle0.16.9
katexle0.16.9

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%