Denial of Service Vulnerability in MuJS by Artifex Software, Inc.
CVE-2016-10132

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Artifex
Status
Mujs
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 March 2017

Summary

The vulnerability in MuJS, developed by Artifex Software, Inc., stems from a flaw in the handling of regular expression compilation, where an attacker can trigger a null pointer dereference. This issue can lead to a denial of service, causing the application to crash unexpectedly. Proper validation checks and updated patches are necessary to mitigate this vulnerability, ensuring robust performance and security.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/1
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/9
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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