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CVE-2026-39919

CVE-2026-39919 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.3 CRITICAL

Reported by VulnCheck · Published September 15, 2026

Ghostscript before 10.08.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the JPEG 2000 output adapter (base/sjpx_openjpeg.c) that allows attackers to cause memory corruption by supplying a crafted PDF containing a JPEG 2000 image with mismatched component subsampling factors. When image components declare different subsampling values, the non-samescale sub-byte-depth output path allocates a row buffer sized for packed output but writes a full byte per output column regardless of bit depth, overflowing the allocation and corrupting internal chunk-allocator metadata to achieve code execution.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
9.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Artifex SoftwareGhostscript0
artifexghostscript0
Artifex SoftwareGhostscript0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Sep 15, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Sep 15, 2026 CVE Published
  • Sep 16, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 18, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 24, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 24, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Sep 26, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 30, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Oct 2, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Oct 2, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Oct 2, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Oct 6, 2026 EPSS Score

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