Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-9294 (CCN-119035)

Assigned:2016-09-29
Published:2016-09-29
Updated:2020-04-23
Summary: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.
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-476
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: Bugzilla – Bug 697172
(CVE-2016-9294) mujs node Null ptr dereference in jscompile.c

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697172

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-9294

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git;a=commit;h=5008105780c0b0182ea6eda83ad5598f225be3ee

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

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
94293

Source: CCN
Type: BID-94293
MuJS CVE-2016-9294 Null Pointer Deference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
artifex-mujs-cve20169294-dos(119035)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:artifex:mujs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 2016-10-26)

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:artifex:mujs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    artifex mujs *
    artifex mujs -