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Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting org.webjars.bower:mathjs package, versions (,3.17.0)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-479970
  • published 28 Nov 2017
  • disclosed 18 Nov 2017
  • credit Masato Kinugawa
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Introduced: 18 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-1001002 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade mathjs to version 3.17.0 or higher.

Overview

mathjs is an extensive math library for JavaScript and Node.js

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via typed-function. A malicious user could possibly execute arbitrary code in the JavaScript engine, by creating a typed function with JavaScript code in the name.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low