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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9601

DEBIAN-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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11jbig2dec0, 0, 0
Debian:13jbig2dec0, 0, 0
Debian:12jbig2dec0, 0, 0
Debian:14jbig2dec0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Apr 24, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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