CVE-2024-28244

node-katex: KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web

CVE-2024-28244 is fixed in node-katex on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28244, released March 25, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0216
82nd percentile

KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\def` or `\newcommand` that causes a near-infinite loop, despite setting `maxExpand` to avoid such loops. KaTeX supports an option named maxExpand which aims to prevent infinitely recursive macros from consuming all available memory and/or triggering a stack overflow error. Unfortunately, support for "Unicode (sub|super)script characters" allows an attacker to bypass this limit. Each sub/superscript group instantiated a separate Parser with its own limit on macro executions, without inheriting the current count of macro executions from its parent. This has been corrected in KaTeX v0.16.10.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
node-katex · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 0.16.10+~cs6.1.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28244 Mar 25, 2024
node-katex · Debian 14 0.16.10+~cs6.1.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28244 Mar 25, 2024

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