CVE-2016-7505

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: October 29, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability was observed in divby function of Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 8c805b4eb19cf2af689c860b77e6111d2ee439d5. A successful exploitation of this issue can lead to code execution or denial of service condition.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/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://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697140

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94231

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697140

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94231

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

3.0%

86th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

artifex

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