Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in Ghostscript, allows out-of-bounds writes because of an…
Priority LOW 37CWE-190Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01672 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | Affected | — |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7975
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8rh8-m25j-rhmp
References
More Artifex Jbig2dec vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-24957 Artifex Software jbig2dec v0.20 was discovered to contain a SEGV vulnerability via jbig2_error at /jbig2dec/jbig2.c. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-09801 jbig2_image_compose in jbig2_image.c in Artifex jbig2dec before 0.18 has a heap-based buffer overflow. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-06665 libjbig2dec.a in Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in MuPDF and Ghostscript, has a NULL… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2017-05496 Artifex jbig2dec 0.13 has a heap-based buffer over-read leading to denial of service… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2017-05579 Artifex jbig2dec 0.13 allows out-of-bounds writes and reads because of an integer… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2016-07822 Integer overflow in ghostscript CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-7975 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7975 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8rh8-m25j-rhmp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-7975 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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