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{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/47334?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-ayrg-3d9c-nbe2", "summary": "KaTeX's maxExpand bypassed by Unicode sub/superscripts\nKaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\\def` or `\\newcommand` 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.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2024-28244" }, { "alias": "GHSA-cvr6-37gx-v8wc" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/118755?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-katex@0.16.10%2B~cs6.1.0-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-katex@0.16.10%252B~cs6.1.0-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/118756?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-katex@0.16.10%2B~cs6.1.0-2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-phsv-z92c-8fer" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-katex@0.16.10%252B~cs6.1.0-2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/118753?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-katex@0.16.10%2B~cs6.1.0-7?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-katex@0.16.10%252B~cs6.1.0-7%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/69536?format=api", "purl": "pkg:npm/katex@0.16.10", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:npm/katex@0.16.10" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/118751?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-katex@0.10.2%2Bdfsg-8?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-ayrg-3d9c-nbe2" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-fqjy-nkws-nbaq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-gk2f-au8b-gqgq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-phsv-z92c-8fer" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rbjk-jdqx-dfav" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-katex@0.10.2%252Bdfsg-8%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/118752?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/node-katex@0.16.4%2B~cs6.1.0-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-ayrg-3d9c-nbe2" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-fqjy-nkws-nbaq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-gk2f-au8b-gqgq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-phsv-z92c-8fer" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rbjk-jdqx-dfav" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/node-katex@0.16.4%252B~cs6.1.0-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/69551?format=api", "purl": "pkg:npm/katex@0.15.4", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-ayrg-3d9c-nbe2" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:npm/katex@0.15.4" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/085e21b5da05414efefa932570e7201a7c70e5b2", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/085e21b5da05414efefa932570e7201a7c70e5b2" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1067805", "reference_id": "1067805", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1067805" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28244", "reference_id": "CVE-2024-28244", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28244" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cvr6-37gx-v8wc", "reference_id": "GHSA-cvr6-37gx-v8wc", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cvr6-37gx-v8wc" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-cvr6-37gx-v8wc", "reference_id": "GHSA-cvr6-37gx-v8wc", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-cvr6-37gx-v8wc" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 606, "name": "Unchecked Input for Loop Condition", "description": "The product does not properly check inputs that are used for loop conditions, potentially leading to a denial of service or other consequences because of excessive looping." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." }, { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." }, { "cwe_id": 674, "name": "Uncontrolled Recursion", "description": "The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "4.0 - 6.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "6.2", "risk_score": 3.1, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-ayrg-3d9c-nbe2" }