Medium severity · published Mar 25, 2024
CVE-2024-28244
KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web
6.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX 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. KaTeX supports an option named maxExpand which aims to prevent infinitely recursive macros from consuming all available memory and/or triggering a stack overflow error. Unfortunately, support for "Unicode (sub|super)script characters" allows an attacker to bypass this limit. Each sub/superscript group instantiated a separate Parser with its own limit on macro executions, without inheriting the current count of macro executions from its parent. This has been corrected in KaTeX v0.16.10.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KA
Katex · Katex
0.15.4 before 0.16.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28244
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28244
Patch
https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/085e21b5da05414efefa932570e7201a7c70e5b2
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-cvr6-37gx-v8wc
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