CVE-2020-22885
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase,...
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2020-22885- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2020-22885- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-15641 No score
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Record
EUVD-2020-15641- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8hgw-6wp9-r3wx No score
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase,...
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Record
GHSA-8hgw-6wp9-r3wx- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2020-22885- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-22885
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22885- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-22885
Buffer overflow vulnerability in mujs before 1.0.8 due to recursion in the GC scanning phase, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22885- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| 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-2020-22885 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Artifex Mujs, published July 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.55%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in mujs 1.0.9-1.