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CVE-2017-1001003

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-88

Description

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.

Affected products

• Mathjs Project Mathjs: before 3.17.0 — fixed in 3.17.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mathjs Project Mathjs 3.17.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/blob/master/HISTORY.md#2017-11-18-version-3170
• https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/commit/a60f3c8d9dd714244aed7a5569c3dccaa3a4e761
• https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/blob/master/HISTORY.md#2017-11-18-version-3170
• https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/commit/a60f3c8d9dd714244aed7a5569c3dccaa3a4e761

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