High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 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.

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Affected products

Ccxvii/Mujsinferred
Artifex/Mujs
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Artifex Software/MuJSllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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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