What is GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c?

GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Arbitrary Code Execution in mathjs

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c cover?

GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-1001002. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c?

GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c?

GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c affects 1 product, including: npm/mathjs:\u003c 3.17.0.

GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6cCriticalCVSS 9.8

Arbitrary Code Execution in mathjs

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

December 18, 2017

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-1001002 →

📋 Description

math.js before 3.17.0 had an arbitrary code execution in the JavaScript engine. Creating a typed function with JavaScript code in the name could result arbitrary execution.

Recommendation

Update to version 3.17.0 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/mathjs:< 3.17.0

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1001002
https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/commit/8d2d48d81b3c233fb64eb2ec1d7a9e1cf6a55a90
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c
https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/blob/master/HISTORY.md#2017-11-18-version-3170
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/552