CRITICAL9.8

GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c

Arbitrary Code Execution in mathjs

Quick fix

GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c — mathjs: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install mathjs@3.17.0

Details

math.js before 3.17.0 had an arbitrary code execution in the JavaScript engine. Creating a typed function with JavaScript code in the name could result arbitrary execution.

## Recommendation

Update to version 3.17.0 or later.

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Affected packages

npm/mathjs

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 3.17.0

Fixnpm install mathjs@3.17.0

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1001002[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/commit/8d2d48d81b3c233fb64eb2ec1d7a9e1cf6a55a90[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/blob/master/HISTORY.md#2017-11-18-version-3170[WEB]
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/552[WEB]