Artifex Software, Inc.
Priority LOW 36CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before a5c747f1d40e8d6659a37a8d25f13fb5acf8e767 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by using the "opname in crafted JavaScript file" approach, related to an "Out-of-Bounds read" issue affecting the jsC_dumpfunction function in the jsdump.c component.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01639 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9017
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-527p-fff3-w4mq
References
More Artifex Mujs vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-13164 Memory corruption in mujs CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13163 In MuJS before version 1.1.2, a use-after-free flaw in the regexp source property access may cause denial of service. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-08527 An issue was discovered in Artifex MuJS 1.0.5. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-08217 An integer overflow vulnerability was observed in the regemit function in regexp.c in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-06378 A buffer overflow vulnerability was observed in divby function of Artifex Software, Inc. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-08209 Heap-based buffer overflow in the js_stackoverflow function in jsrun.c in Artifex… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-9017 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-9017 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-527p-fff3-w4mq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-9017 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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