CVE-2016-9294 Null dereference in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service via application crash in MuJS by exploiting a NULL pointer dereference with malformed JavaScript.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-9294?

CVE-2016-9294 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Nov 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 5008105780c0b0182ea6eda83ad5598f225be3ee allows context-dependent attackers to conduct "denial of service (application crash)" attacks by using the "malformed labeled break/continue in JavaScript" approach, related to a "NULL pointer dereference" issue affecting the jscompile.c component.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9294?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Artifex Mujs.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9294?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-9294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fv39-8gm8-9qg3.

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