Buffer overflow in Artifex Gpl Ghostscript
CVE-2016-9601
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.
Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Gpl Ghostscript
- Artifex Jbig2dec
- Unspecified Ghostscript — versions ghostscript 0.14
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97095 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- git.ghostscript.com/
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-24 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3817 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9601?
- CVE-2016-9601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Gpl Ghostscript, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-04-24.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9601?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.