CVE-2016-9109

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9109
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-18T17:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-01-20T15:20:38
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697136#c4 Exploit Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/13 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94150 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9109
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9109
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:50:05 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:58:34 2017-01-18T17:59Z 2017-01-18T17:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:58:34 2017-01-20T15:20:38 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:58:34 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated