CVE-2017-9216

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    CVE-2017-9216

    Published: 24 May 2017Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ebffb1d96ba0cacec23016eccb4047dab365853, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e740c549e59a3a58dca615478dc5dcee3fb915d8
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.13

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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