VDB
CVE-2016-9601
CVE-2016-9601
PUBLISHED
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 0.45% · 64.0th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.45%
64.0th 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
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 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