# CVE-2016-9294: Artifex Software, Inc.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-11-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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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## References

- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697172
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94293
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mujs.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5008105780c0b0182ea6eda83ad5598f225be3ee

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