forkosh Mime Tex up to 1.76 code injection

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A vulnerability was found in forkosh Mime Tex up to 1.76. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-40446. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in forkosh Mime Tex up to 1.76. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue in forkosh Mime Tex before v.1.77 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script

The advisory is shared for download at youtu.be. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-40446 since 07/05/2024. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

Upgrading to version 1.77 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-12216). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• forkosh

Name

• Mime Tex

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50
• 1.51
• 1.52
• 1.53
• 1.54
• 1.55
• 1.56
• 1.57
• 1.58
• 1.59
• 1.60
• 1.61
• 1.62
• 1.63
• 1.64
• 1.65
• 1.66
• 1.67
• 1.68
• 1.69
• 1.70
• 1.71
• 1.72
• 1.73
• 1.74
• 1.75
• 1.76

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