CVE-2017-7975

HIGH

Artifex jbig2dec 0.13 - Integer Overflow in jbig2_build_huffman_table

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3855
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697693
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-10

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 57.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (1)
artifex/jbig2dec 0.13
Published Apr 19, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026