CVE-2021-33440
An issue was discovered in mjs (mJS: Restricted JavaScript engine), ES6 (JavaScript version 6)....
An issue was discovered in mjs (mJS: Restricted JavaScript engine), ES6 (JavaScript version 6). There is NULL pointer dereference in mjs_bcode_commit() in mjs.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in mjs (mJS: Restricted JavaScript engine), ES6 (JavaScript version 6). There is NULL pointer dereference in mjs_bcode_commit() in mjs.c.
- Record
CVE-2021-33440- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in mjs (mJS: Restricted JavaScript engine), ES6 (JavaScript version 6). There is NULL pointer dereference in mjs_bcode_commit() in mjs.c.
- Record
CVE-2021-33440- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-20144 No score
An issue was discovered in mjs (mJS: Restricted JavaScript engine), ES6 (JavaScript version 6). There is NULL pointer dereference in mjs_bcode_commit() in mjs.c.
- Record
EUVD-2021-20144- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6rx6-6hh2-m59m
An issue was discovered in mjs (mJS: Restricted JavaScript engine), ES6 (JavaScript version 6)....
An issue was discovered in mjs (mJS: Restricted JavaScript engine), ES6 (JavaScript version 6). There is NULL pointer dereference in mjs_bcode_commit() in mjs.c.
- Record
GHSA-6rx6-6hh2-m59m- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in mjs (mJS: Restricted JavaScript engine), ES6 (JavaScript version 6). There is NULL pointer dereference in mjs_bcode_commit() in mjs.c.
- Record
CVE-2021-33440- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-33440 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Cesanta Mjs, published July 26, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.