Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-9601 First vendor Publication 2018-04-23
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9601

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 17
Application 4
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-06-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201706-24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-25 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1404-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-25 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3297-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-09 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-558.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1138-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-28 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-874.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-27 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3817.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-31 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-5136456ce3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-30 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-15f85f1cf1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=jbig2dec.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e698d5c11d27212aa10...
Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97095
CONFIRM https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697457
DEBIAN https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3817
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-24
MISC https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9601

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