CVE-2017-9216
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
libjbig2dec.a in Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in MuPDF and Ghostscript, has a NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c. For example, the jbig2dec utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.13-5 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.13-5 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.13-5 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.13-5 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.13-5 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 0.14-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | jbig2dec | 0.13 | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-28
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ebffb1d96ba0cacec23016eccb4047dab365853
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9216.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9216
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.