VDB
CVE-2016-9601
CVE-2016-9601
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 1.71% · 76.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
1.71%
76.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | jbig2dec | *, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | jbig2dec | 0, 0.12-2, * |
Timeline
- Dec 31, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
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- May 29, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 21, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 4, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9601 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3297-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9601 third-party-advisory