An issue was discovered in Artifex Software, Inc.

published 2017-01-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14725

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in Artifex Software, Inc. MuJS before 8f62ea10a0af68e56d5c00720523ebcba13c2e6a. The MakeDay function in jsdate.c does not validate the month, leading to an integer overflow when parsing a specially crafted JS file.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1

artifex mujs 2017-01-24

mupdf openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.18.0-1.7

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11068-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5628 updated 2025-11-21

mujs: Multiple security issues

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

git.ghostscript.com /?p=mujs.git%3Bh=8f62ea10a0af68e56d5c00720523ebcba13c2e6a
bugs.ghostscript.com /show_bug.cgi?id=697496
issue-tracking
securityfocus.com /bid/95855
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-5628
NVD CVE-2017-5628

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Summary