Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-46509

HighPublic PoC

Published: 27 January 2022

Published
27 January 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0018 39.3th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-46509 is a high-severity Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674) vulnerability in Cesanta Mjs. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 39.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cesanta MJS v2.20.0 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via snquote at mjs/src/mjs_json.c.

CWE(s)
CWE-674

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

cesanta
mjs
2.20.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CP-7 Alternate Processing Site
addresses: CWE-674

Supports resumption at alternate site when uncontrolled recursion causes primary site failure or crash.

SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection
addresses: CWE-674

Prevents uncontrolled recursion that exhausts stack or CPU resources.

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