CVE-2017-9216

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.15% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory ghostscript.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680 third party advisory vdb entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934 patch vendor advisory exploit
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html third party advisory mailing list
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ebffb1d96ba0cacec23016eccb4047dab365853

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-9216?
CVE-2017-9216 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-9216?
To fix CVE-2017-9216, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-9216 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-9216 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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