5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-33438
mJS Vulnerable JSON Parsing Buffer Overflow
Description

An issue was discovered in mjs (mJS: Restricted JavaScript engine), ES6 (JavaScript version 6). There is stack buffer overflow in json_parse_array() in mjs.c.

INFO

Published Date :

July 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 28, 2022, 4:43 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-33438 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cesanta mjs
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-33438.

URL Resource
https://gist.github.com/Clingto/bb632c0c463f4b2c97e4f65f751c5e6d Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cesanta/mjs/issues/158 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-33438 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://gist.github.com/Clingto/bb632c0c463f4b2c97e4f65f751c5e6d No Types Assigned https://gist.github.com/Clingto/bb632c0c463f4b2c97e4f65f751c5e6d Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/cesanta/mjs/issues/158 No Types Assigned https://github.com/cesanta/mjs/issues/158 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.20.0
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.32 }} 0.16%

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0.70795

percentile

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