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CVE-2017-7975 json

Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in Ghostscript, allows out-of-bounds writes because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_build_huffman_table…

published 2017-04-19 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16945

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • jbig2dec Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.13-4.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7975

  • jbig2dec Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1
  • jbig2dec Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7975

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7975 updated cvss 5.6

jbig2dec: Integer overflow in jbig2_build_huffman_table allows OOB write

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libgs, ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-cups
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ghostscript
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ghostscript Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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