CVE-2017-9216

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-9216
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-24T05:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-11-02T13:49:42
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:0.13:*:*:*:*:gpl_ghostscript:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:0.13:*:*:*:*:mupdf:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9216
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9216
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:48:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:16:40 2017-05-24T05:29Z 2017-05-24T05:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:16:40 2021-11-02T13:49:42 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:16:40 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated