UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9601

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9601
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9601.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9601
Related
Published
2016-12-31T00:00:00Z
Modified
2016-12-31T00:00:00Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

ghostscript before version 9.21 is vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow that was found in the ghostscript jbig2decodegrayscaleimage 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / jbig2dec

Package

Name
jbig2dec
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jbig2dec?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "jbig2dec"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "jbig2dec-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libjbig2dec0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libjbig2dec0-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libjbig2dec0-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / jbig2dec

Package

Name
jbig2dec
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jbig2dec?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.12-2
0.12+20150918-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "jbig2dec"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "jbig2dec-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjbig2dec0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjbig2dec0-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjbig2dec0-dev"
        }
    ]
}