High severity · published Oct 29, 2016
CVE-2016-7506
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was observed in Sp_replace_regexp function of Artifex Software, Inc
7.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MU
Mujs · Artifex
through 8c805b4eb19cf2af689c860b77e6111d2ee439d5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7506
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7506
Exploit
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697141
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94241
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