| Name | CVE-2023-39663 |
| Description | ** DISPUTED ** Mathjax up to v2.7.9 was discovered to contain two Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerabilities in MathJax.js via the components pattern and markdownPattern. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because the regular expressions are not applied to user input; thus, there is no risk. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mathjax (PTS) | buster | 2.7.4+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye | 2.7.9+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mathjax | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - mathjax <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - mathjax <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/3074