CVE-2016-10141
An integer overflow vulnerability was observed in the regemit function in regexp.c in Artifex...
CVE-2016-10141 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Artifex Mujs, published January 13, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.65%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in mujs 1.2.0-2.oe2203.
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-10141- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-10141- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1330 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1330- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6j4g-3pfp-hgj5
9.8
An integer overflow vulnerability was observed in the regemit function in regexp.c in Artifex...
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.
- Record
GHSA-6j4g-3pfp-hgj5- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
9.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-10141- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2022-1976
9.8
mujs security update
MuJS is a lightweight Javascript interpreter designed for embedding in other software to extend them with scripting capabilities.
Security Fix(es):
In Artifex MuJS through 1.2.0, jsP_dumpsyntax in jsdump.c has a NULL pointer dereference, as demonstrated by mujs-pp.(CVE-2022-30975)
compile in regexp.c in Artifex MuJS through 1.2.0 results in stack consumption because of unlimited recursion, a different issue than CVE-2019-11413.(CVE-2022-30974)
A use-after-free vulnerability was observed in Rp_toString function of Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 5c337af4b3df80cf967e4f9f6a21522de84b392a. A successful exploitation of this issue can lead to code execution or denial of service condition.(CVE-2016-7504)
Integer overflow in the js_regcomp function in regexp.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before commit b6de34ac6d8bb7dd5461c57940acfbd3ee7fd93e allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression.(CVE-2016-9108)
An issue was discovered in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 4006739a28367c708dea19aeb19b8a1a9326ce08. The jsR_setproperty function in jsrun.c lacks a check for a negative array length. This leads to an integer overflow in the js_pushstring function in jsrun.c when parsing a specially crafted JS file.(CVE-2017-5627)
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was observed in Sp_replace_regexp function of Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 5000749f5afe3b956fc916e407309de840997f4a. A successful exploitation of this issue can lead to code execution or denial of service condition.(CVE-2016-7506)
Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before a5c747f1d40e8d6659a37a8d25f13fb5acf8e767 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by using the "opname in crafted JavaScript file" approach, related to an "Out-of-Bounds read" issue affecting the jsC_dumpfunction function in the jsdump.c component.(CVE-2016-9017)
An issue was discovered in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 8f62ea10a0af68e56d5c00720523ebcba13c2e6a. The MakeDay function in jsdate.c does not validate the month, leading to an integer overflow when parsing a specially crafted JS file.(CVE-2017-5628)
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.(CVE-2016-10141)
Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before a0ceaf5050faf419401fe1b83acfa950ec8a8a89 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by using the "crafted JavaScript" approach, related to a "Buffer Over-read" issue.(CVE-2016-9136)
- Record
OESA-2022-1976- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11068-1 No score
mupdf-1.18.0-1.7 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the mupdf-1.18.0-1.7 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11068-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
securityfocus.com/bid/95876
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697448
git.ghostscript.com?p=mujs.git%3Bh=fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10141
git.ghostscript.com?p=mujs.git;h=fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6j4g-3pfp-hgj5
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openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1976
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30975
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30974
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7504
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9108
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5627
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7506
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9017
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5628
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9136
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