What is GHSA-v638-q856-grg8?

GHSA-v638-q856-grg8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. MathJax Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-v638-q856-grg8 cover?

GHSA-v638-q856-grg8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2023-39663. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-v638-q856-grg8?

GHSA-v638-q856-grg8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-v638-q856-grg8?

GHSA-v638-q856-grg8 affects 1 product, including: npm/mathjax:\u003c= 2.7.9.

GHSA-v638-q856-grg8HighCVSS 7.5

MathJax Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 29, 2023

Last Modified

January 31, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-39663 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/mathjax:<= 2.7.9

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39663
https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/3074
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v638-q856-grg8