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CVE-2023-39663 (GCVE-0-2023-39663)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-29 00:00 – Updated: 2024-10-02 13:23 Disputed
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-02 13:23 UTC
CWE
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