High severity · published Jan 18, 2017
CVE-2016-7563
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
7.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MU
Mujs · Artifex
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7563
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7563
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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