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TI-2016-07592 Aliases CVE-2016-9294GHSA-fv39-8gm8-9qg3

Artifex Software, Inc.

Priority LOW 38CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02778 86th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2016-10-26VulnerableArtifex
  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2016-10-26 Vulnerable ·Artifex

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9294
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fv39-8gm8-9qg3

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

  • 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
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Sources

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