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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ebffb1d96ba0cacec23016eccb4047dab365853
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:0.13:::::gpl_ghostscript::
	cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:0.13:::::mupdf::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-24 05:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-9216

Mitre link : CVE-2017-9216

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-9216

JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

jbig2dec

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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