Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-9216

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.

Affected products

Artifex/Jbig2dec2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:0.13:*:*:*:*:gpl_ghostscript:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:0.13:*:*:*:*:gpl_ghostscript:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:jbig2dec:0.13:*:*:*:*:mupdf:*:*
Debian/Debian Linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

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References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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