| Name | CVE-2009-0196 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2080-1, DTSA-198-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 524803, 561717 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 10.04.0~dfsg-2 | fixed | |
| jbig2dec (PTS) | bullseye | 0.19-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.19-3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 0.20-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ghostscript | source | lenny | 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny4 | DSA-2080-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | squeeze | 8.64~dfsg-1+squeeze1 | DTSA-198-1 | ||
| ghostscript | source | (unstable) | 8.64~dfsg-1.1 | medium | 524803 | |
| gs-gpl | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | medium | 561717 | |
| jbig2dec | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- jbig2dec <not-affected> (already fixed in initial upload)