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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2018-5759 json

jsparse.c in Artifex MuJS through 1.0.2 does not properly maintain the AST depth for binary expressions, which allows remote attackers to c…

published 2018-01-24 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17528

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.1%
EPSS 5.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

jsparse.c in Artifex MuJS through 1.0.2 does not properly maintain the AST depth for binary expressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive recursion) via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-5759 updated cvss 5.3

mujs: Improper management of AST depth in jsparse.c can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-43904)

Exploit prediction

5.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-43904 Artifex MuJS 1.0.2 - Integer Overflow dos, 2018-01-28

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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