jbig2dec: Null pointer dereference in jbig2_huffman_get()
Published May 24, 2017
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.45%
Description
libjbig2dec.a in Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in MuPDF and Ghostscript, has a NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c. For example, the jbig2dec utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid file.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ghostscript
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ghostscript
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ghostscript
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
ghostscript
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ghostscript | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | ghostscript | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.45% (0.03452) | 88.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.45% (0.03452) | 87.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 0.89% (0.00891) | 75.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 2.06% (0.02057) | 82.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00089) | 38.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00089) | 36.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 32.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00111) | 42.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 23.96th | v1 |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 58.14th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 45.04th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (8)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680 vdb-entryThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9216 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1456728 Issue Tracking
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ebffb1d96ba0cacec23016eccb4047dab365853
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9216
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9216
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98680 | vdb-entryThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9216 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697934 | ExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1456728 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ebffb1d96ba0cacec23016eccb4047dab365853 | ||
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00023.html | mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9216 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9216 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.