MEDIUM
KaTeX's maxExpand bypassed by \edef
Published Mar 25, 2024
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.41%
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 `\edef` 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. Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.
Affected products
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Affected
- ≥ 0.12.0, < 0.16.10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
katex
npm
Introduced 0.12.0 Fixed 0.16.10
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | katex | 0.12.0 | 0.16.10 |
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (6)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-0839 Advisory
- https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/e88b4c357f978b1bca8edfe3297f0aa309bcbe34 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-64fm-8hw2-v72w x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-64fm-8hw2-v72w Advisory
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/6777 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28243
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-0839 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/e88b4c357f978b1bca8edfe3297f0aa309bcbe34 | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-64fm-8hw2-v72w | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-64fm-8hw2-v72w | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/6777 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28243 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_M
Published Mar 25, 2024
Updated Feb 5, 2026
Reserved Mar 7, 2024
Link CVE-2024-28243
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Apr 1, 2024
Red Hat
No data
GitHub
Link GHSA-64FM-8HW2-V72W