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.
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| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed In |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 9.21 | - |
| artifex | jbig2dec | 0.13 | - |
| debian | debian_linux | - |
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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artifex / gpl_ghostscript
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| debian | debian_linux | - | - |
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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