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CVE-2023-39663

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.

Score
7.5 high
Published
2023-08-29
Links
NVD · cve.org

Matched ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
www/mathjaxMathJax2.7.9unaddressedmarko.cupac@mimar.rs

Template for a VuXML entry

Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>MathJax</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>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.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2023-39663</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39663</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2023-08-29</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-26</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>