CVE-2022-30974 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in MuJS via stack consumption due to unlimited recursion in the regexp compiler.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-30974?
CVE-2022-30974 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
compile in regexp.c in Artifex MuJS through 1.2.0 results in stack consumption because of unlimited recursion, a different issue than CVE-2019-11413.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30974?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Artifex Mujs, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2022-30974?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2022-30974 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30974 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-30974, GHSA-x9pv-h28p-55w8, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-30974, openSUSE-SU-2024:12091-1.