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CVE-2017-9216

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: May 24, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9216
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Jbig2decArtifex0.13 (including)0.13 (including)
Jbig2decUbuntuartful*
Jbig2decUbuntucosmic*
Jbig2decUbuntudisco*
Jbig2decUbuntueoan*
Jbig2decUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Jbig2decUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Jbig2decUbuntugroovy*
Jbig2decUbuntuhirsute*
Jbig2decUbuntuimpish*
Jbig2decUbuntukinetic*
Jbig2decUbuntuprecise/esm*
Jbig2decUbuntutrusty*
Jbig2decUbuntutrusty/esm*
Jbig2decUbuntuupstream*
Jbig2decUbuntuxenial*
Jbig2decUbuntuyakkety*
Jbig2decUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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