Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-5759 (CCN-138318)

Assigned:2018-01-24
Published:2018-01-24
Updated:2019-10-03
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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
5.0 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
3.3 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.0 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
1.7 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-674
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-5759

Source: CCN
Type: MuJS GIT Repository
Guard binary expressions from too much recursion

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;a=commit;h=4d45a96e57fbabf00a7378b337d0ddcace6f38c1

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
102833

Source: CCN
Type: BID-102833
Artifex MuJS CVE-2018-5759 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: MISC
Type: Permissions Required
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698868

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mujs-cve20185759-dos(138318)

Source: CCN
Type: Packet Storm Security [01-27-2018]
Artifex MuJS Denial Of Service

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: EXPLOIT
Offensive Security Exploit Database [01-28-2018]

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
43904

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2018-5759

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:artifex:mujs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.0.2)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    artifex mujs *