CVE-2016-9601

NameCVE-2016-9601
Descriptionghostscript 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-874-1, DSA-3817-1
Debian Bugs850497

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
jbig2dec (PTS)bullseye0.19-2fixed
bookworm0.19-3fixed
sid, trixie0.20-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
jbig2decsourcewheezy0.13-4~deb7u1DLA-874-1
jbig2decsourcejessie0.13-4~deb8u1DSA-3817-1
jbig2decsource(unstable)0.13-4850497

Notes

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697457
Patch: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=jbig2dec.git;a=commitdiff;h=e698d5c11d27212aa1098bc5b1673a3378563092

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