What is the severity of CVE-2017-9216?

CVE-2017-9216 has a medium severity level due to potential denial of service caused by a NULL pointer dereference.

How do I fix CVE-2017-9216?

To fix CVE-2017-9216, update to the patched versions of libjbig2dec, specifically version 0.13 or later.

What software is affected by CVE-2017-9216?

CVE-2017-9216 affects Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, which is used in applications like MuPDF and Ghostscript.

Can CVE-2017-9216 lead to application crashes?

Yes, CVE-2017-9216 can cause crashes (segmentation faults) when the jbig2dec utility attempts to parse an invalid file.

Is CVE-2017-9216 exploitable remotely?

CVE-2017-9216 is considered potentially exploitable if an attacker can provide an invalid JBIG2 file to the jbig2dec utility.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2017-9216

medium

6.5

CWE

476

24/5/2017

11/9/2024

CVE-2017-9216: Null Pointer Dereference

First published: Wed May 24 2017(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Artifex GPL Ghostscript	=0.13
MuPDF	=0.13
Debian	=9.0

Remedy

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-9216?
CVE-2017-9216 has a medium severity level due to potential denial of service caused by a NULL pointer dereference.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9216?
To fix CVE-2017-9216, update to the patched versions of libjbig2dec, specifically version 0.13 or later.
What software is affected by CVE-2017-9216?
CVE-2017-9216 affects Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, which is used in applications like MuPDF and Ghostscript.
Can CVE-2017-9216 lead to application crashes?
Yes, CVE-2017-9216 can cause crashes (segmentation faults) when the jbig2dec utility attempts to parse an invalid file.
Is CVE-2017-9216 exploitable remotely?
CVE-2017-9216 is considered potentially exploitable if an attacker can provide an invalid JBIG2 file to the jbig2dec utility.

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