CVE-2016-7506
HighSummary
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was observed in the Sp_replace_regexp function of Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before version 5000749f5afe3b956fc916e407309de840997f4a. Successful exploitation of this issue can lead to code execution or denial of service condition.
Risk Assessment
Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in unauthorized code execution or service disruption, posing a significant security threat to the system.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update MuJS to a version that includes fixes for this vulnerability to minimize the risk of exploitation.
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- CVE-2016-9108High
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- CVE-2017-5628High
An issue was discovered in MuJS before version 8f62ea10a0af68e56d5c00720523ebcba13c2e6a related to the MakeDay function in jsdate.c, which does not validate the month. This leads to an integer overflow when parsing a specially crafted JS file.
- CVE-2017-5627High
An issue was discovered in MuJS before version 4006739a28367c708dea19aeb19b8a1a9326ce08 related to the lack of a check for array length in the jsR_setproperty function. This leads to an integer overflow in the js_pushstring function when parsing a specially crafted JS file.
- CVE-2016-9109High
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- CVE-2016-7563High
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- CVE-2016-9136High
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- CVE-2016-10133Critical
CVE-2016-10133 involves a heap-based buffer overflow in the js_stackoverflow function in jsrun.c in MuJS. Attackers can exploit an error when dropping extra arguments to lightweight functions, leading to unspecified impact.
- CVE-2016-7505Critical
A buffer overflow vulnerability was observed in the divby function of MuJS before version 8c805b4eb19cf2af689c860b77e6111d2ee439d5. Successful exploitation of this issue can lead to code execution or denial of service condition.
- CVE-2016-7504Critical
A use-after-free vulnerability was observed in the Rp_toString function of MuJS before version 5c337af4b3df80cf967e4f9f6a21522de84b392a. Successful exploitation can lead to code execution or denial of service condition.
Original NVD description (English source)
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was observed in Sp_replace_regexp function of Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 5000749f5afe3b956fc916e407309de840997f4a. A successful exploitation of this issue can lead to code execution or denial of service condition.