CVE-2017-7976

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-7976
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-19 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionArtifex jbig2dec 0.13 allows out-of-bounds writes and reads because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_image_compose function in jbig2_image.c during operations on a crafted .jb2 file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or disclosure of sensitive information from process memory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.1HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Jbig2dec 0.13 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
jbig2dec: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201708-10) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3855-1 jbig2dec af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Bug 697683 – jbig2dec-0.13 Integer Overflow in function jbig2_image_compose af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670288 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2021-1788)
  • 670614 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2021-2372)
  • 710546 Gentoo Linux jbig2dec User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability (GLSA 201708-10)
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