CVE-2023-51886 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the main() function in Mathtex 1.05 and before allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service when using \convertpath.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

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 0.00672.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:17:19.874Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-51886

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:48:11.370Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-24T17:15:08.313

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:26.023

Link: CVE-2023-51886

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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