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CVE-2017-7975

Published: 19 April 2017

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
jbig2dec
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
bionic Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
disco Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
focal Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1)
upstream
Released (0.13-4.1)
xenial
Released (0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1)
yakkety
Released (0.13-2ubuntu0.1)
zesty
Released (0.13-4ubuntu0.1)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5e57e483298dae8b8d4ec9aab37a526736ac2e97

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H