MathTex up to 1.05 main buffer overflow

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in MathTex up to 1.05. The affected element is the function main. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-51886. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in MathTex up to 1.05. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function main. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the main() function in Mathtex 1.05 and before allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service when using \convertpath.

The weakness was disclosed 01/24/2024. The advisory is shared for download at blog.yulun.ac.cn. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-51886 since 12/26/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/18/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• MathTex

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• 1.05

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