UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1999024
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1999024
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1999024.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1999024
- Upstream
- Published
- 2018-07-23T16:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-18T16:44:53Z
- 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
- Ubuntu - low
- 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
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / mathjax
Package
- Name
- mathjax
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/mathjax@2.3-1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / mathjax
Package
- Name
- mathjax
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/mathjax@2.6.1-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial