Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-9216
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 60.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ebffb1d96ba0cacec23016eccb4047dab365853
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html
Products affected by CVE-2017-9216
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cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:0.13
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0