CVE-2019-11413

Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex MuJS 1.0.5. It has unlimited recursion because the match function in regexp.c lacks a depth check.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.19% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ghostscript.com Vendor Advisory ghostscript.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700937 issue tracking permissions required vendor advisory
http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?00d4606c3baf813b7b1c176823b2729bf51002a2 patch vendor advisory
https://github.com/ccxvii/mujs/commit/00d4606c3baf813b7b1c176823b2729bf51002a2 third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108093 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-52 vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/67PMOZV4DLVL2KGU2SV724QL7Y4PKWKU/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3RQXMWEOWCGLOLFBQSXBM3MBN33T4I5H/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MFCRO74ORRIVWNVAX2MAMRY3THCTWLQI/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-11413?
CVE-2019-11413 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-11413?
To fix CVE-2019-11413, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-11413 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-11413 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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