MathTex up to 1.05 String nomath denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in MathTex up to 1.05 and classified as problematic. This impacts the function nomath of the component String Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-51888. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MathTex up to 1.05. This issue affects the function nomath of the component String Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the nomath() function in Mathtex v.1.05 and before allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted string in the application URL.

The weakness was published 01/24/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at blog.yulun.ac.cn. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-51888 since 12/26/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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