KaTeX denial of service | CVE-2024-28243

NAME
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KaTeX denial of service

Platforms Affected:
KaTeX KaTeX 0.16.9

Risk Level:
6.5

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Denial of Service

DESCRIPTION
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KaTeX is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation. By sending a specially crafted input using using \edef, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a near-infinite loop, and results in a denial of service condition.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low

User Interaction:
None

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Network


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