CVE-2023-51885 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Mathtex v.1.05 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the length of the LaTeX string component.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02948.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ctan	Mathtex

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ctan:mathtex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:17:25.396Z

Reserved: 2023-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-51885

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:48:11.303Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-24T17:15:08.257

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:25.833

Link: CVE-2023-51885

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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