Is CVE-2016-9294 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-9294 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-9294?

CVE-2016-9294 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-9294?

CVE-2016-9294 has an EPSS score of 2.78% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9294?

Upgrade mujs to 2016-10-26 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-9294

HIGHEPSS 85th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

mujsNVD

Affected:< 2016-10-26Fixed in:2016-10-26CVE-2016-9294derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.78%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugs.ghostscript.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Other references1

git.ghostscript.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.