CVE-2018-5759

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-5759
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-01-24T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-674 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/674.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698868 Permissions Required
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;a=commit;h=4d45a96e57fbabf00a7378b337d0ddcace6f38c1 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43904/ Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102833 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5759
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5759
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:43:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:28:05 2018-01-24T21:29Z 2018-01-24T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 01:28:05 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 01:28:05 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated