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Medium USN-3297-1 4 CVEs

jbig2dec vulnerabilities

Published May 24, 2017 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Bingchang Liu discovered that jbig2dec incorrectly handled memory when
decoding malformed image files. If a user or automated system were tricked
into processing a specially crafted JBIG2 image file, a remote attacker
could cause jbig2dec to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04
LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-9601)

It was discovered that jbig2dec incorrectly handled memory when decoding
malformed image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted JBIG2 image file, a remote attacker could
cause jbig2dec to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-7885)

Jiaqi Peng discovered that jbig2dec incorrectly handled memory when
decoding malformed image files. If a user or automated system were tricked
into processing a specially crafted JBIG2 image file, a remote attacker
could cause jbig2dec to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7975)

Dai Ge discovered that jbig2dec incorrectly handled memory when decoding
malformed image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted JBIG2 image file, a remote attacker could
cause jbig2dec to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-7976)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS jbig2dec 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS jbig2dec 0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9601
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7885
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7975
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7976