CVE-2016-9109

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Artifex Software MuJS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to incomplete escape sequences. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-7563.

Affected products

MuJS: all versions

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94150
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697136#c4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/07/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94150
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697136#c4

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