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CVE-2024-28243
6.5 MEDIUM
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
- Confidentiality (C): None (N)
- Integrity (I): None (N)
- Availability (A): High (H)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): None (N)
- Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
- Modified Integrity (MI): None (N)
- Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
by @LeSuisse Activity log
- Created suggestion
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@LeSuisse
ignored
7 packages
- mdbook-katex
- pandoc-katex
- nodePackages.katex
- nodePackages_latest.katex
- python312Packages.sphinxcontrib-katex
- python313Packages.sphinxcontrib-katex
- python314Packages.sphinxcontrib-katex
- @LeSuisse dismissed
KaTeX's maxExpand bypassed by \edef
KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\edef` that causes a near-infinite loop, despite setting `maxExpand` to avoid such loops. This can be used as an availability attack, where e.g. a client rendering another user's KaTeX input will be unable to use the site due to memory overflow, tying up the main thread, or stack overflow. Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.
References
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https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-64fm-8hw2-v72w x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/e88b4c357f978b1bca8edfe3297f0aa309bcbe34 x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/6777 x_refsource_MISC
Affected products
KaTeX
- ==>= v0.10.0-beta, < 0.16.10
- ==>= 0.12.0, < 0.16.10
Matching in nixpkgs
Ignored packages (7)
pkgs.mdbook-katex
Preprocessor for mdbook, rendering LaTeX equations to HTML at build time
pkgs.pandoc-katex
Pandoc filter to render math equations using KaTeX
pkgs.nodePackages.katex
None
pkgs.nodePackages_latest.katex
None
pkgs.python312Packages.sphinxcontrib-katex
None
pkgs.python313Packages.sphinxcontrib-katex
Sphinx extension using KaTeX to render math in HTML
pkgs.python314Packages.sphinxcontrib-katex
Sphinx extension using KaTeX to render math in HTML
Package maintainers
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@pyrox0 Pyrox <pyrox@pyrox.dev>