CVE-2018-1999024

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999024
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1999024.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-1999024
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2018-07-23T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-01T23:42:17.334253Z
Severity
  • 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

MathJax version prior to version 2.7.4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the \unicode{} macro that can result in Potentially untrusted Javascript running within a web browser. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must view a page where untrusted content is processed using Mathjax. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.4 and later.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mathjax

Package

Name
mathjax
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mathjax?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.4+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / mathjax

Package

Name
mathjax
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mathjax?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.4+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / mathjax

Package

Name
mathjax
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mathjax?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.4+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/mathjax/mathjax

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/mathjax/mathjax
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
a55da396c18cafb767a26aa9ad96f6f4199852f1

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.0
2.2.0
2.3.0
2.4.0
2.5.0
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.6.0
2.6.0-beta.0
2.6.0-beta.1
2.6.0-beta.2
2.6.1
2.6.1-rc.1
2.7.0
2.7.0-beta.0
2.7.1
2.7.2-rc