UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9601

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-9601
Downstream
USN-3297-1
Published: 31 Dec 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 11:05

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Dec 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 11:05
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: 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•jbig2dec

    < 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1 | < 0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1

References (3)