CVE-2016-10141

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: January 13, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

An integer overflow vulnerability was observed in the regemit function in regexp.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045. The attack requires a regular expression with nested repetition. A successful exploitation of this issue can lead to code execution or a denial of service (buffer overflow) condition.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95876
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697448
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95876
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697448
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.6%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

artifex