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CVE-2016-9601 Details

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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=jbig2dec.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e698d5c11d27212aa1098bc5b1673a3378563092 CVE
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697457 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9601 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-24 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3817 CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]
CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
artifex gpl ghostscript
< 9.21

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
artifex jbig2dec
<= 0.13

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-9601
NVD Published Date:
Apr 24, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-9601 Details - Not Deferred