vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9601: jbig2dec: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 22, 2017 | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 22, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 13, 2025
Description
ghostscript before version 9.21 is vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow that was found in the ghostscript jbig2_decode_gray_scale_image 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.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-jbig2dec
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