CVE-2016-7563

moderate-risk

Published 2017-01-18

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.

Do I need to act?

0.32% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.5/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Mujs

Affected Vendors

Artifex

References (6)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/5

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/11

Exploit https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697136

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/5

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/11

Exploit https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697136

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moderate-risk

Severity 26/34 · High

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal