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CVE-2016-9601

ghostscript before version 9.21 is vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow that was found in the ghostscript jbig2_de

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.0045
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Affected Products & Versions

3

Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD24 Apr 2018 · 01:29 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Vendor Advisories

5
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:1369-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:1140-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:1404-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:1138-1
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97095Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697457Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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