CVE-2017-9216 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the libjbig2dec.a library, specifically within the jbig2_huffman_get function. This flaw affects Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as well as products that incorporate it like MuPDF and Ghostscript, and can lead to a denial of service (segmentation fault) when processing a specially crafted, invalid file. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) to trigger, typically by opening a malicious file, but can be exploited remotely over a network (AV:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:0.13:*:*:*:*:gpl_ghostscript:*:* | ||
0.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:0.13:*:*:*:*:mupdf:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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