High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-7563

Description

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.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue Tracking
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/28/11nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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