UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7975

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7975

    Published: 19 Apr 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7975
    Aliases:
    USN-3297-1

    Summary:

    Details: Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in Ghostscript, allows out-of-bounds writes because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_build_huffman_table function in jbig2_huffman.c during operations on a crafted JBIG2 file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execution of arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7975, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3297-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7975

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jbig2dec

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+20120125-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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