Critical
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-1001002
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2017-1001002
Complete source record
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