debian · CVE-2009-0196

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Priority: medium Published: Updated: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:00:03 GMT

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CVE-2009-0196 medium priority: Debian including 2 source packages (ghostscript, jbig2dec), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10.

Description:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the big2_decode_symbol_dict function (jbig2_symbol_dict.c) in the JBIG2 decoding library (jbig2dec) in Ghostscript 8.64, and probably earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a JBIG2 symbol dictionary segment with a large run length value.

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