DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9601

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CVE-2016-9601
Published: 24 Apr 2018, 01:29
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:16

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Apr 2018, 01:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:16
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

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

Affected Systems

  • debian•jbig2dec

    < 0.13-4 | < 0.13-4 | < 0.13-4 | < 0.13-4

References (1)