CVE-2016-7563

HIGH

Artifex Mujs - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

The chartorune function in Artifex Software MuJS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a * (asterisk) at the end of the input.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/11
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697136
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/5

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 54.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
artifex/mujs
Published Jan 18, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026