Description
ghostscript before version 9.21 is vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow that was found in the ghostscript jbig2_decode_gray_scale_image function which is used to decode halftone segments in a JBIG2 image. A document (PostScript or PDF) with an embedded, specially crafted, jbig2 image could trigger a segmentation fault in ghostscript.
Published: 2018-04-23
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-874-1 jbig2dec security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3817-1 jbig2dec security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10405 ghostscript before version 9.21 is vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow that was found in the ghostscript jbig2_decode_gray_scale_image function which is used to decode halftone segments in a JBIG2 image. A document (PostScript or PDF) with an embedded, specially crafted, jbig2 image could trigger a segmentation fault in ghostscript.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3297-1 jbig2dec vulnerabilities
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Artifex Gpl Ghostscript Jbig2dec
Debian Debian Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:02.237Z

Reserved: 2016-11-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9601

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-24T01:29:00.270

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:01:29.390

Link: CVE-2016-9601

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-12-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9601 - Bugzilla

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