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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-5759 · published 24 January 2018

CVE-2018-5759: Artifex mujs vulnerability

Artifex · Mujs

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.

5.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 5.1% · top 8.0% CWE-674 · CWE-674
5.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
5.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d45a96e57fbabf00a7378b337d0ddcace6f38c1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102833 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698868 Permissions Required
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43904/ ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d45a96e57fbabf00a7378b337d0ddcace6f38c1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102833 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698868 Permissions Required
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43904/ ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-5759), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.