CVE-2016-9601

Published: Apr 23, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-190

5.3MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

ghostscript before version 9.21 is vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow that was found in the ghostscript jbig2_decode_gray_scale_image function which is used to decode halftone segments in a JBIG2 image. A document (PostScript or PDF) with an embedded, specially crafted, jbig2 image could trigger a segmentation fault in ghostscript.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:LAvailability

Low

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Weaknesses

CWE-190 CWE-119

Affected Products

artifex

commercial·USaka artifex software

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

unspecified

ghostscriptLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

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References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=jbig2dec.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e698d5c11d27212aa1098bc5b1673a3378563092

git.ghostscript.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97095

securityfocus.com

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697457

bugs.ghostscript.com

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