GHSA-vf87-jj8q-h556

GHSA-vf87-jj8q-h556 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

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 3.0

5.5

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

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-vf87-jj8q-h556

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