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    CVE-2016-9601

    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.

    Published:Dec 28, 2016
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Apr 23, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.0045
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Gpl Ghostscript
    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Jbig2dec
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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