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CVE-2016-9601
April 23, 2018
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.
Related Resources (9)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9601
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9601
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-24
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9601
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3817
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=jbig2dec.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e698d5c11d27212aa1098bc5b1673a3378563092
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97095
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9601
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697457
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
CVSS v2
Base Score:
4.3
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-119
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
CWE-190
EPSS
Base Score:
0.45