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Arbitrary Code Execution in mathjs

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 18, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm mathjs (npm)

Affected versions

< 3.17.0

Patched versions

3.17.0

Description

math.js before 3.17.0 had an arbitrary code execution in the JavaScript engine. Creating a typed function with JavaScript code in the name could result arbitrary execution.

Recommendation

Update to version 3.17.0 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 18, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-1001002

GHSA ID

GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c

Source code

No known source code
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