CVE-2017-7885

HIGH

Artifex jbig2dec 0.13 - Heap-Based Buffer Over-Read via Crafted .jb2 File

Title source: llm

Description

Artifex jbig2dec 0.13 has a heap-based buffer over-read leading to denial of service (application crash) or disclosure of sensitive information from process memory, because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_decode_symbol_dict function in jbig2_symbol_dict.c in libjbig2dec.a during operation on a crafted .jb2 file.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3855

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-10

Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697703

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1

EPSS 0.0029

EPSS Percentile 52.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-190

Status published

Products (1)

artifex/jbig2dec 0.13

Published Apr 17, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026