CVE-2016-9601

MEDIUM

gpl_ghostscript < 9.21 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in JBIG2 Gray Scale Image Decoding

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9601
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97095
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-24
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3817
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697457

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 63.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-190 CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
artifex/gpl_ghostscript < 9.21
artifex/jbig2dec < 0.13
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
Published Apr 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026