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7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2016-10132
MuJS Denial of Service Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Description

regexp.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to regular expression compilation.

INFO

Published Date :

March 24, 2017, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-10132 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Artifex mujs
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability in MuJS and MuPDF can be resolved by updating the affected packages.
  • Update the affected MuJS and MuPDF packages.
  • Consider a full system reboot.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-10132.

URL Resource
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Bh=fd003eceda531e13fbdd1aeb6e9c73156496e569
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697381 Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3U5APFS3FEBOPXUJIFWBNU55PYR7ZBF/
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Bh=fd003eceda531e13fbdd1aeb6e9c73156496e569
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/9 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697381 Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3U5APFS3FEBOPXUJIFWBNU55PYR7ZBF/
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-10132 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-10132 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-10132 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-10132 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Bh=fd003eceda531e13fbdd1aeb6e9c73156496e569
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/9
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/1
    Added Reference https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697381
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3U5APFS3FEBOPXUJIFWBNU55PYR7ZBF/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3U5APFS3FEBOPXUJIFWBNU55PYR7ZBF/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Debian GNU/Linux http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Bh=fd003eceda531e13fbdd1aeb6e9c73156496e569 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Debian GNU/Linux https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T3U5APFS3FEBOPXUJIFWBNU55PYR7ZBF/
    Removed Reference Debian GNU/Linux http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;h=fd003eceda531e13fbdd1aeb6e9c73156496e569
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;h=fd003eceda531e13fbdd1aeb6e9c73156496e569 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;h=fd003eceda531e13fbdd1aeb6e9c73156496e569 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/9 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/9 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697381 No Types Assigned https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697381 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T3U5APFS3FEBOPXUJIFWBNU55PYR7ZBF/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T3U5APFS3FEBOPXUJIFWBNU55PYR7ZBF/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.50 }} -0.29%

score

0.62993

percentile