Artifex MuJS chartorune out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Artifex MuJS. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function chartorune. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-7563. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Artifex MuJS (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function chartorune. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The chartorune function in Artifex Software MuJS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a * (asterisk) at the end of the input.

The bug was discovered 01/18/2017. The weakness was presented 01/18/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7563 since 09/09/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93973 (Fedora 23 : mujs / zathura-pdf-mupdf (2016-1b9d24c2b6)), 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 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (93973). See VDB-95514 for similar entry. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 93973
Nessus Name: Fedora 23 : mujs / zathura-pdf-mupdf (2016-1b9d24c2b6)
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OpenVAS ID: 10247
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for zathura-pdf-mupdf FEDORA-2016-1b9d24c2b6
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: artifex.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-1b9d24c2b6
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7563 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7563
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95513
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-7563 - Artifex Software - MuJS - Out-of-Bounds Read Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2017 09:45
Updated: 05/13/2026 15:09
Changes: 01/19/2017 09:45 (65), 07/24/2020 17:16 (6), 11/01/2022 14:26 (4), 05/13/2026 15:09 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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