CVE-2023-51885 :: Enginsight Vulnerability Database

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	9.8 CRITICAL	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA-ADP	ADP	9.8 CRITICAL	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 86%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
ctan	mathtex	𝑥 ≤ 1.05

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

mathtex

bookworm	no-dsa
bullseye	no-dsa
buster	postponed

Ubuntu Releases

Ubuntu Product

Codename

mathtex

bionic	needs-triage
focal	needs-triage
jammy	needs-triage
mantic	ignored
noble	needs-triage
oracular	needs-triage
trusty	ignored
xenial	needs-triage

Known Exploits!

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

References

https://blog.yulun.ac.cn/posts/2023/fuzzing-mathtex/

https://blog.yulun.ac.cn/posts/2023/fuzzing-mathtex/