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CVE-2016-9601

ghostscript before version 9.21 is vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow that was found in the ghostscript jbig2_decode_gray_scale_ima…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.3
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.7%
percentile 78%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.71% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
CNA3.05.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA3.05.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD3.05.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • unspecified ghostscript

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9601 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/97095 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • git.ghostscript.com /?p=jbig2dec.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e698d5c11d27212aa1098bc5b1673a3378563092 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201706-24 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3817 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • bugs.ghostscript.com /show_bug.cgi?id=697457 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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