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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-12798

An issue was discovered in Artifex MuJS 1.0.5. regcompx in regexp.c does not restrict regular expression program size, leading to an overflow of the parsed syntax list size.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.66%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.66%). 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 MuJS 1.0.5. regcompx in regexp.c does not restrict regular expression program size, leading to an overflow of the parsed syntax list size.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.66% probability · 75th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-185
Affected
artifex/mujs
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.