What is CVE-2017-7976?

CVE-2017-7976 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Jbig2dec, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2017-04-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-7976?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Artifex Jbig2dec

CVE-2017-7976

Artifex jbig2dec 0.13 allows out-of-bounds writes and reads because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_image_compose function in jbig2_image.c during operations on a crafted .jb2 file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (60.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Artifex Jbig2dec — versions 0.13
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7976?: CVE-2017-7976 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Jbig2dec, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2017-04-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-7976?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.