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CVE-2024-40446

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-40446 is a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting forkosh Mime Tex versions prior to 1.77. This flaw, rated 9.8 CVSS, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with low complexity. While there are no known public exploits or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential interest from threat actors. Organizations using affected versions should prioritize patching to mitigate this high-risk vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.77CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ctan:mimetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0070 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / TaiYou-TW/CVE-2024-40445_CVE-2024-40446
MitigationThird Party Advisory
youtu.be / S3cmZkWIi6o
Broken Link