CVE-2023-51888 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Mathtex v.1.05 and earlier, specifically within the nomath() function. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted string in the application's URL. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a significant impact on availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ctan:mathtex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.