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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-9108

Integer overflow in the js_regcomp function in regexp.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before commit b6de34ac6d8bb7dd5461c57940acfbd3ee7fd93e allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression.

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CVE-2016-9108

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Feb 2017, 15:59 UTC

Integer overflow in the js_regcomp function in regexp.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before commit b6de34ac6d8bb7dd5461c57940acfbd3ee7fd93e allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression.

osv:CVE-2016-9108
Complete source record
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