Description
libjbig2dec.a in Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in MuPDF and Ghostscript, has a NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c. For example, the jbig2dec utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid file.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ebffb1d96ba0cacec23016eccb4047dab365853
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0089
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (2)
artifex/jbig2dec
0.13 (2 CPE variants)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
Published
May 24, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026