Interpreter crash via unchecked array-length dereference
Published May 21, 2024 · Updated Mar 13, 2025
Improper input validation in Cesanta mJS 2.20.0 allows remote attackers to crash the interpreter through crafted JavaScript input. The execution path passes malformed expression state to mjs_array_length, which dereferences an invalid value and reads the zero page instead of rejecting it. Exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction and terminates the affected interpreter process.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Cesanta mJS 2.20.0 allows remote attackers to crash the interpreter through crafted JavaScript input. The execution path passes malformed expression state to mjs_array_length, which dereferences an invalid value and reads the zero page instead of rejecting it. Exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction and terminates the affected interpreter process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-35384
- Published
- May 21, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Cesanta
- Product
- mJS
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.20.0
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