What is CVE-2016-7563?

CVE-2016-7563 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mujs, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-7563?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Artifex Mujs

CVE-2016-7563

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (71.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Artifex Mujs
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7563?: CVE-2016-7563 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mujs, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-7563?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.