CVE-2016-7563 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Artifex	Mujs

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/11
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697136

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-18T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:04:54.943Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7563

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-18T17:59:00.670

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-7563

Redhat

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