Factorial function ends up deadlocking VM

[xTrayambak]

Example Source

function fac(n, acc) {
	console.log("n:", n)
	console.log("acc:", acc)
	if (n == 0) {
		return acc;
	}

	let value = fac(n - 1, n * acc)
	return value
}

console.log(fac(5, 1))

Expected Output

Log: n: 5
Log: acc: 1
Log: n: 4
Log: acc: 5
Log: n: 3
Log: acc: 20
Log: n: 2
Log: acc: 60
Log: n: 1
Log: acc: 120
Log: n: 0
Log: acc: 120
Log: 120

Current Output

Log: n: 5
Log: acc: 1
Log: n: 4
Log: acc: 4
Log: n: 3
Log: acc: 12
Log: n: 2
Log: acc: 24
Log: n: 1
Log: acc: 24
Log: n: 0
Log: acc: 0

<VM hangs and starts allocating a bunch of memory, eventually leading to OOM>

[xTrayambak]

If I made an educated guess, this probably happens when the if (n == 0) condition hits and the interpreter rolls back into the previous recursion, and it somehow accidentally goes back into the recursion call?