UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1999024

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1999024

    Published: 23 Jul 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: MathJax version prior to version 2.7.4 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the \unicode{} macro that can result in Potentially untrusted Javascript running within a web browser. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must view a page where untrusted content is processed using Mathjax. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.4 and later.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1999024, https://blog.bentkowski.info/2018/06/xss-in-google-colaboratory-csp-bypass.html, https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/commit/a55da396c18cafb767a26aa9ad96f6f4199852f1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1999024

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mathjax

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.2-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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