CVE-2023-29571 — Cesanta MJS v2

Cesanta MJS v2.20.0 was discovered to contain a SEGV vulnerability via gc_sweep at src/mjs_gc.c. This vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

01What is this vulnerability?

Cesanta MJS v2.20.0 was discovered to contain a SEGV vulnerability via gc_sweep at src/mjs_gc.c. This vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-08T02:35:45.245Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/z1r00/fuzz_vuln/blob/main/mjs/SEGV/mjs_gc/readme.md
• github.com — https://github.com/cesanta/mjs/issues/241