CVE-2018-5759

MEDIUM

Artifex MuJS < 1.0.2 - Denial of Service via Uncontrolled Recursion in Binary Expression Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-5759. PoCs published by Andrea Sindoni.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a Denial of Service (DoS) in MuJS by generating a JavaScript file with an excessive number of function declarations, causing a crash due to resource exhaustion. The vulnerability was fixed in a subsequent commit.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Andrea Sindoni · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43904

This exploit triggers a Denial of Service (DoS) in MuJS by generating a JavaScript file with an excessive number of function declarations, causing a crash due to resource exhaustion. The vulnerability was fixed in a subsequent commit.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: MuJS (commit 228719d087aa5e27dcd8627c4acf7273476bdbca)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to execute MuJS on the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102833
Permissions Required x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698868
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43904/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0515
EPSS Percentile 91.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-674
Status published
Products (1)
artifex/mujs < 1.0.2
Published Jan 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026