CVE-2017-9216
jbig2dec - security update
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.89%
Description
libjbig2dec.a in Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in MuPDF and Ghostscript, has a NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c. For example, the jbig2dec utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid file.
How to fix CVE-2017-9216
To remediate CVE-2017-9216, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/jbig2dec—upgrade to 0.13-5 or later
- —upgrade to 0.13-4.1+deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-9216 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.13-5
- from 0, < 0.13-4.1+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |