What is CVE-2016-9294?

CVE-2016-9294 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mujs, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-9294?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Artifex Mujs

CVE-2016-9294

Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 5008105780c0b0182ea6eda83ad5598f225be3ee allows context-dependent attackers to conduct "denial of service (application crash)" attacks by using the "malformed labeled break/continue in JavaScript" approach, related to a "NULL pointer dereference" issue affecting the jscompile.c component.

EPSS: 0.028 (84.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Artifex Mujs
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9294?: CVE-2016-9294 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mujs, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-9294?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.