CVE-2020-22885 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via buffer overflow in the garbage collection phase of the mujs JavaScript engine library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-22885?
CVE-2020-22885 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-22885?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Artifex Mujs.
How do I fix CVE-2020-22885?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-22885 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-22885 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22885, GHSA-8hgw-6wp9-r3wx.