CVE catalog
CVE-2016-9601
jbig2dec: CVE-2016-9601
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.71% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | jbig2dec | sid | 0.20-1 | fixed |
| Debian | jbig2dec | forky | 0.20-1 | fixed |
| Debian | jbig2dec | trixie | 0.20-1 | fixed |
| Debian | jbig2dec | trixie-security | 0.20-1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | jbig2dec | bookworm | 0.19-3 | fixed |
| Debian | jbig2dec | bookworm-security | 0.19-3+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | 14.04 | 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | 14.04 | 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | 16.04 | 0.12-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | 16.04 | 0.12+20150918-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | 16.04 | 0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | 14.04 | 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | 14.04 | 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | 16.04 | 0.12-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | 16.04 | 0.12+20150918-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | 16.04 | 0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Suse | ghostscript-library | linux enterprise software development kit 11 sp4 | 8.62-32.47.10.1 | fixed |
| Suse | ghostscript-library | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 8.62-32.47.10.1 | fixed |
| Suse | ghostscript-library | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 8.62-32.47.10.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | jbig2dec | source | sid | 0.13-4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [850497] |
| Debian | jbig2dec | source | forky | 0.13-4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [850497] |
| Debian | jbig2dec | source | trixie | 0.13-4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [850497] |
| Debian | jbig2dec | source | bookworm | 0.13-4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [850497] |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | deb | 14.04 | 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9601 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | deb | 16.04 | 0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9601 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | deb | 14.04 | 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | USN-3297-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | jbig2dec | deb | 16.04 | 0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | USN-3297-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | ghostscript-library | rpm | linux enterprise software development kit 11 sp4 | 8.62-32.47.10.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:1369-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | ghostscript-library | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 8.62-32.47.10.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:1369-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | ghostscript-library | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 8.62-32.47.10.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:1369-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [jbig2dec]Unknown
Details (2)
0.19-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
0.19-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
- [libjbig2dec0]Unknown
Source package: [jbig2dec]
Details (2)
0.19-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
0.19-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
- [libjbig2dec0-dev]Unknown
Source package: [jbig2dec]
Details (2)
0.19-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
0.19-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [jbig2dec]Unknown
Details (3)
0.20-1+b3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
0.20-1+b3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
0.20-1+deb13u1· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
- [libjbig2dec0]Unknown
Source package: [jbig2dec]
Details (3)
0.20-1+b3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
0.20-1+b3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
0.20-1+deb13u1· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
- [libjbig2dec0-dev]Unknown
Source package: [jbig2dec]
Details (3)
0.20-1+b3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
0.20-1+b3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
0.20-1+deb13u1· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
0.13-4dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2017_1138-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9601]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1369-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9601]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3297-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9601]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-9601.json]
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