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CRITICAL
CVE-2016-10141
MuJS Regex Engine Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

An integer overflow vulnerability was observed in the regemit function in regexp.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045. The attack requires a regular expression with nested repetition. A successful exploitation of this issue can lead to code execution or a denial of service (buffer overflow) condition.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 13, 2017, 9:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-10141 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
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Bh=fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95876 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697448 Issue Tracking

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-10141 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 [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 MITRE http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Bh=fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;h=fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95876 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95876 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 77ab465f1c394bb77f00966cd950650f3f53cb24 OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-01-12
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95876 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 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 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697448 No Types Assigned https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697448 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;h=fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;h=fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-190
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:77ab465f1c394bb77f00966cd950650f3f53cb24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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Exploit Prediction

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

0.82 }} 0.24%

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0.82073

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