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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-1001003 json

Arbitrary Code Execution in mathjs

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-pv8x-p9hq-j328 , EUVD-2017-0365

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

math.js before 3.17.0 had an issue where private properties such as a constructor could be replaced by using unicode characters when creating an object.

Patch / fix

  • npm mathjs 3.17.0
  • mathjs_project mathjs 3.17.0

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Exploit prediction

1.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm mathjs
<3.17.0
3.17.0

Affected products

  • math.js math.js

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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