What is CVE-2016-7564?

CVE-2016-7564 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mujs, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2016-7564?

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

Buffer overflow in Artifex Mujs

CVE-2016-7564

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Fp_toString function in jsfunction.c in Artifex Software MuJS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted input.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.017 (74.7th 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-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7564?: CVE-2016-7564 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mujs, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2016-7564?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.