CVE-2017-5627
This leads to an integer overflow in the js_pushstring function in jsrun.c when parsing a specially crafted JS file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 4006739a28367c708dea19aeb19b8a1a9326ce08. The jsR_setproperty function in jsrun.c lacks a check for a negative array length. This leads to an integer overflow in the js_pushstring function in jsrun.c when parsing a specially crafted JS file.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.24% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- artifex/mujs
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Bh=4006739a28367c708dea19aeb19b8a1a9326ce08
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95856Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697497Issue Tracking
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Bh=4006739a28367c708dea19aeb19b8a1a9326ce08
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95856Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697497Issue Tracking
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.