Critical
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-1001003
- 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 issue where private properties such as a constructor could be replaced by using unicode characters when creating an object.
osv:CVE-2017-1001003
Complete source record
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