CVE-2016-9601

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 23, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxGpl GhostscriptJBIG2DEC

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 9.21
Affected range stops below 9.21, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 0.13

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97095
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697457
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9601
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-24
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3817

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190CWE-119

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