Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning…
Priority LOW 36CWE-120Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01554 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-22885
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8hgw-6wp9-r3wx
References
More Artifex Mujs vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-13164 Memory corruption in mujs CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13163 In MuJS before version 1.1.2, a use-after-free flaw in the regexp source property access may cause denial of service. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-08527 An issue was discovered in Artifex MuJS 1.0.5. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-08217 An integer overflow vulnerability was observed in the regemit function in regexp.c in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-06378 A buffer overflow vulnerability was observed in divby function of Artifex Software, Inc. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-08209 Heap-based buffer overflow in the js_stackoverflow function in jsrun.c in Artifex… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-22885 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-22885 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8hgw-6wp9-r3wx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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