CVE-2016-7563 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-01-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-8416	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00316.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/11
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697136

History

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Subscriptions

Artifex Mujs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-18T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:04:54.943Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7563

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-18T17:59:00.670

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-7563

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-125

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