CVE-2023-51889

9.8 criticalEPSS 1.3%

Critical (9.8) in ctan mathtex. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack Overflow vulnerability in the validate() function in Mathtex v.1.05 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted string in the application URL.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 69% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2024-01-24
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ctan:mathtex

References

https://blog.yulun.ac.cn/posts/2023/fuzzing-mathtex/
https://blog.yulun.ac.cn/posts/2023/fuzzing-mathtex/

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