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CVE-2016-10141

CRITICALCVSS 9.8/10EPSS 3.65%

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CVE-2016-10141 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. An integer overflow vulnerability was observed in the regemit function in regexp.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045. EPSS estimates a 3.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
9.8/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Probability
3.65%

88.1th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
ArtifexMujs< 2017-01-12

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2016-10141?
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.
How severe is CVE-2016-10141?
CVE-2016-10141 has a CVSS score of 9.8/10 (CRITICAL severity). The EPSS model estimates a 3.65% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10141?
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Source: NVD / NIST