Integer overflow in Artifex Mujs
CVE-2016-10141
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.
Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (89.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95876 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- git.ghostscript.com/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-10141?
- CVE-2016-10141 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mujs, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-01-13.
- How severe is CVE-2016-10141?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.