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High · 7.3 Public exploit CVE-2024-40445 EUVD-2025-12274GHSA-4qhj-jmx7-8mr8

A directory traversal vulnerability in forkosh Mime TeX before version 1.77 allows attackers on Windows systems to read or append arbitrary…

Published Apr 22, 2025 · Updated Apr 30, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in forkosh Mime TeX before version 1.77 allows attackers on Windows systems to read or append arbitrary files by manipulating crafted input paths.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

  • This repository serves as the public reference for CVE-2024-40445 and CVE-2024-40446. Both vulnerabilities impact MimeTeX, an open-source software package for rendering LaTeX expressions, which appea…

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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