CVE-2024-28243 Information

Description

KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using \edef that causes a near-infinite loop despite setting maxExpand to avoid such loops. This can be used as an availability attack where e.g. a client rendering another user’s KaTeX input will be unable to use the site due to memory overflow tying up the main thread or stack overflow. Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.

Reference

https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-64fm-8hw2-v72w https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/e88b4c357f978b1bca8edfe3297f0aa309bcbe34