CVE-2016-9601 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the jbig2_decode_gray_scale_image function of Ghostscript versions prior to 9.21, affecting various Ghostscript and jbig2dec implementations. This vulnerability allows an attacker to trigger a segmentation fault by providing a specially crafted JBIG2 image embedded within a PostScript or PDF document. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve high availability impact (A:H), but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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