CVE-2016-9108 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Integer overflow in the js_regcomp function in regexp.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before commit b6de34ac6d8bb7dd5461c57940acfbd3ee7fd93e allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

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
Fedoraproject	Fedora

Configuration 1 [-]

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Configuration 2 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/12
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96006
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390266
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IMPCTUBV2UUTSKAGVAW3EL6HJJWHRZQZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WMI77FMFDWOTUUKKPTQLIB7JEXFTING4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y4FE2LXVJM5PXHUGSFOT2KTA75O5ACV4/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-03T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:10.510Z

Reserved: 2016-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9108

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-03T15:59:00.790

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

Link: CVE-2016-9108

Redhat

No data.

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