CVE-2017-9216
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 24, 2017 at 04:56 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxJBIG2DEC
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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