FKIE_CVE-2016-7564

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-18 17:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:53
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Fp_toString function in jsfunction.c in Artifex Software MuJS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted input.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697137Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697137Exploit, Issue Tracking
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex mujs -
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:53:15.133",
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