Vulnerability CVE-2016-9109

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-9109 (CCN-122134)

Assigned:

2016-10-30

Published:

2016-10-30

Updated:

2017-01-20

Summary:

Artifex Software MuJS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to incomplete escape sequences.
Note: this vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-7563.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-125

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-9109

Source: CCN
Type: MuJS Web site
MuJS: an embeddable JavaScript interpreter

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Sun, 30 Oct 2016 15:49:53 -0400
Re: CVE request - mujs Heap-Buffer-Overflow write and OOB Read

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20161030 Re: CVE request - mujs Heap-Buffer-Overflow write and OOB Read

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20161030 Re: Re: CVE request - mujs Heap-Buffer-Overflow write and OOB Read

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20161107 Re: CVE request - mujs Heap-Buffer-Overflow write and OOB Read

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
94150

Source: CCN
Type: BID-94150
MuJS CVE-2016-9109 Incomplete Fix Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697136#c4

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mujs-cve20169109-dos(122134)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:artifex:mujs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:artifex:mujs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201691090000000	V	CVE-2016-9109 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-01-18
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20169109000	V	CVE-2016-9109 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2017-01-18
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20169109000	V	CVE-2016-9109 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2017-01-18
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201691090000000	V	CVE-2016-9109 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-01-18
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20169109000	V	CVE-2016-9109 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-01-18
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20169109000	V	CVE-2016-9109 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-01-18
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20169109000	V	CVE-2016-9109 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-01-18
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201691090000000	V	CVE-2016-9109 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-01-18
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20169109000	V	CVE-2016-9109 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2017-01-18

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