🛡️ CVE-2023-51886 — mathtex

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-120 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
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Description

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-51886 is classified as CWE-120: Classic Buffer Overflow. Input is copied into a fixed-size buffer without a length check, overwriting memory past the end of it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-51886 is recorded against 1 package.

  • mathtex (fixed in 1.05)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 January 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

blog.yulun.ac.cn
blog.yulun.ac.cn

CVE-2023-51886 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-120
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2024-01-24
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
mathtex — 1.05

References

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