CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-7975

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Artifex jbig2dec version 0.13, used in Ghostscript, allows out-of-bounds writes due to an integer overflow in the jbig2_build_huffman_table function. This can lead to application crashes or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a risk of application crashes and the potential execution of malicious code, which could lead to serious security implications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of jbig2dec and Ghostscript to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in Ghostscript, allows out-of-bounds writes because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_build_huffman_table function in jbig2_huffman.c during operations on a crafted JBIG2 file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execution of arbitrary code.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS