{"id":"CVE-2016-9294","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9294","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:06:17.744Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2016-11-12T00:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:55:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["artifex/mujs"],"epss":{"score":0.02778,"percentile":0.86297,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697172","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5008105780c0b0182ea6eda83ad5598f225be3ee","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94293","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697172","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5008105780c0b0182ea6eda83ad5598f225be3ee","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94293","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9294","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}