SB2017052316 - Denial of service in jbig2dec
Published: May 23, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017052316
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9216)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash when parsing an invalid file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.