CVE-2016-9601
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
Product
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript
PublishedApr 24, 2018
First seenApr 24, 2018
Weakness typeCWE-190Integer overflow
How to fix
Update
- artifex gpl_ghostscript9.21 or later
Vendor advisories
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| artifex gpl_ghostscript | v < 9.21 | 9.21 |
| artifex jbig2dec | v ≤ 0.13 | — |
| debian debian_linux | 8.0, 9.0 | — |
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