CVE-2023-51889 is a critical stack overflow vulnerability affecting Mathtex v.1.05 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through crafted strings in the application URL. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 10 mentions, indicating potential future exploitation.
| 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:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.