PT-2016-7789 · Artifex+3 · Ghostscript+3

Bingchang Liu · Published 2016-12-31 · Updated 2024-08-19 · CVE-2016-9601

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ghostscript versions prior to 9.21

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow found in the jbig2 decode gray scale image function, which is used for decoding halftone segments in JBIG2 images. A document, such as PostScript or PDF, containing a specially crafted JBIG2 image could trigger a segmentation fault in ghostscript.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.21, update to version 9.21 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the jbig2 decode gray scale image function until a patch is available. Restrict access to documents with embedded JBIG2 images to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2344

ALT-PU-2020-3377

ALT-PU-2020-3413

ALT-PU-2024-11124

CVE-2016-9601

DLA-874-1

DSA-3817-1

MGASA-2017-0133

MGASA-2017-0206

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1203-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1138-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1404-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1140-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1369-1

SUSE-SU-2018_1369-1

USN-3297-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Ghostscript

References · 65

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0133.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3817-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9601 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1138-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0133 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3817 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0206.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9601 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/XWQQMCDLDOZ535O3IKFQZE3VPCWC3HWH · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1369-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/IJ3D6O5XHLO4UJVJETVCWPIWWWV6LQUE · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1140-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9601 · Vendor Advisory