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Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CVE-2023-39663

High
7.5/10

Summary

Mathjax was discovered to contain two Regular expression Denial-of-Service (ReDoS) vulnerabilities in "MathJax.js" via the components "pattern" and "markdownPattern". This vulnerability also affects the package mathjax-full.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles.

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  • Published