Vulnerability · Published Sep 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-43338
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Cesanta mjs v2.20.0 was discovered to contain a function pointer hijacking vulnerability via the function mjs_get_ptr(). This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted input.