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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2020-22885

Medium
5/10

Summary

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.

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  • NETWORK
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CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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