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GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c

CRITICAL

GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability in mathjs. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Arbitrary Code Execution in mathjs

Also known asCVE-2017-1001002
Published
Dec 18, 2017
Updated
Nov 8, 2023
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected

Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.

mathjsnpm
3.4Mdownloads / week

Description

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.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmmathjsall versions3.17.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for mathjs. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update mathjs to 3.17.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-vx5c-87qx-cv6c across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.