What is CVE-2016-9136?

CVE-2016-9136 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 2016-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-9136?

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

Buffer overflow in Artifex Mujs

CVE-2016-9136

Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before a0ceaf5050faf419401fe1b83acfa950ec8a8a89 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by using the "crafted JavaScript" approach, related to a "Buffer Over-read" issue.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-11-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Artifex Mujs

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94223 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9136?: CVE-2016-9136 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 2016-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-9136?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.