9.8
CRITICAL CVSS 3.0
CVE-2016-10133
MuJS Heap Buffer Overflow
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the js_stackoverflow function in jsrun.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS allows attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging an error when dropping extra arguments to lightweight functions.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

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

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-10133 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 Artifex mujs
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 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
The MuJS and MuPDF packages are affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.
  • Update the affected MuJS packages.
  • Update the affected MuPDF packages.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-10133 is associated with the following CWEs:

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-2016-10133 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-10133 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%3Ba=commit%3Bh=77ab465f1c394bb77f00966cd950650f3f53cb24
    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=697401
    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%3Ba=commit%3Bh=77ab465f1c394bb77f00966cd950650f3f53cb24 [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;a=commit;h=77ab465f1c394bb77f00966cd950650f3f53cb24
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    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://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://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;a=commit;h=77ab465f1c394bb77f00966cd950650f3f53cb24 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;a=commit;h=77ab465f1c394bb77f00966cd950650f3f53cb24 Issue Tracking, Patch, 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
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697401 No Types Assigned https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697401 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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: 9.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
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.

0.60 }} -0.56%

score

0.66999

percentile