Artifex MuJS A3a4fe840b80706c706e86160352af5936f292d8 divby memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Artifex MuJS A3a4fe840b80706c706e86160352af5936f292d8. The affected element is the function divby. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-7505. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Artifex MuJS A3a4fe840b80706c706e86160352af5936f292d8. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function divby. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 10/28/2016. The weakness was published 10/29/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.ghostscript.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7505 since 09/09/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95458 (Fedora 23 : mujs / zathura-pdf-mupdf (2016-2edfd75312)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 8c805b4eb19cf2af689c860b77e6111d2ee439d5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (95458) and SecurityFocus (BID 94231†). Similar entries are available at VDB-93164, VDB-93166, VDB-93184 and VDB-93588. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 95458
Nessus Name: Fedora 23 : mujs / zathura-pdf-mupdf (2016-2edfd75312)
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OpenVAS ID: 871109
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mujs FEDORA-2016-49a72fb9bd
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MuJS 8c805b4eb19cf2af689c860b77e6111d2ee439d5

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10/28/2016 +49 days 🔍
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09/28/2022 +2126 days 🔍

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Vendor: artifex.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-2edfd75312
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CVE: CVE-2016-7505 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7505
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93165
SecurityFocus: 94231 - MuJS CVE-2016-7505 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2016 19:06
Updated: 09/28/2022 18:44
Changes: 10/29/2016 19:06 (72), 09/03/2019 16:53 (6), 09/28/2022 18:44 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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