Artifex MuJS up to b6de34ac6d8bb7dd5461c57940acfbd3ee7fd93e regexp.c regemit integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Artifex MuJS. Affected is the function regemit of the file regexp.c. The manipulation results in integer overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-10141. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Artifex MuJS. Affected is the function regemit of the file regexp.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 01/13/2017. The weakness was disclosed 01/13/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at git.ghostscript.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-10141 since 01/13/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97338 (Fedora 24 : mujs (2017-624e2eeda0)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169732 (OpenSuSE Security Update for mupdf (openSUSE-SU-2017:0373-1)).

Upgrading to version fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045 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 (97338) and SecurityFocus (BID 95876†). The entries VDB-96278, VDB-96279, VDB-98499 and VDB-98500 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Integer overflow
CWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 97338
Nessus Name: Fedora 24 : mujs (2017-624e2eeda0)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mujs FEDORA-2017-dc6023e849
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Upgrade: MuJS fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045
Patch: fa3d30fd18c348bb4b1f3858fb860f4fcd4b2045

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Vendor: artifex.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2017-624e2eeda0
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CVE: CVE-2016-10141 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10141
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95292
SecurityFocus: 95876 - Artifex MUJS CVE-2016-10141 Integer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-10141 - MuJS - Integer Overflow Issue

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Created: 01/13/2017 16:36
Updated: 05/13/2026 05:43
Changes: 01/13/2017 16:36 (74), 07/21/2020 12:38 (7), 10/28/2022 15:12 (3), 10/28/2022 15:17 (1), 05/13/2026 05:43 (18)
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