vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-9216)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 24, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 24, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-9216
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-9216
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680
- URL-https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934
- URL-https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ebffb1d96ba0cacec23016eccb4047dab365853
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-28
- CWE-476
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