Integer Overflow Vulnerability in MuJS by Artifex Software
CVE-2016-10141

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Artifex
Status
Mujs
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 January 2017

What is CVE-2016-10141?

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the regemit function within regexp.c of MuJS, potentially arising from a crafted regular expression containing nested repetition. If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution or trigger a denial of service via a buffer overflow condition.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95876
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https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697448
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http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Bh=fa3d30fd18c348...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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