Description
Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in Ghostscript, allows out-of-bounds writes because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_build_huffman_table function in jbig2_huffman.c during operations on a crafted JBIG2 file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execution of arbitrary code.
Published: 2017-04-19
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-942-1 jbig2dec security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3855-1 jbig2dec security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16945 Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in Ghostscript, allows out-of-bounds writes because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_build_huffman_table function in jbig2_huffman.c during operations on a crafted JBIG2 file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execution of arbitrary code.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3297-1 jbig2dec vulnerabilities
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Artifex Jbig2dec
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.354Z

Reserved: 2017-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7975

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-19T16:59:00.183

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-7975

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-03-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7975 - Bugzilla

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