CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-9294

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

MuJS before version 5008105780c0b0182ea6eda83ad5598f225be3ee allows context-dependent attackers to conduct 'denial of service' attacks by using malformed labeled break/continue in JavaScript, related to a NULL pointer dereference issue affecting the jscompile.c component.

Risk Assessment

A denial of service attack may lead to application crashes, affecting service availability and potentially disrupting systems utilizing MuJS.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update MuJS to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications for unauthorized attempts to exploit this flaw.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS