High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 12, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9294

Description

Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 5008105780c0b0182ea6eda83ad5598f225be3ee allows context-dependent attackers to conduct "denial of service (application crash)" attacks by using the "malformed labeled break/continue in JavaScript" approach, related to a "NULL pointer dereference" issue affecting the jscompile.c component.

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Affected products

Artifex/Mujs
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mujs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2016-10-26
Artifex Software, Inc./MuJSllm-fuzzy
Range: <5008105780c0b0182ea6eda83ad5598f225be3ee

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94293nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
git.ghostscript.comnvd

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