Nitro Software Free PDF Reader Buffer Error Vulnerability

Nitro Software Free PDF Reader is a set of free PDF document editor from Nitro Software, USA. The product is mainly used to create, edit, view and convert PDF documents. A JBIG2Decode stock-in-buffer error vulnerability exists in the npdf.dll file in Nitro Software Free PDF Reader version...

The vulnerability in the code of “psi/zdevice2.c” of the software suite for processing, transforming, and generating Ghostscript documents, related to JBIG2Decode errors, allows an intruder to circumvent the established access control measures.

The vulnerability in the code of “psi/zdevice2.c” of the software suite for processing, transforming, and generating Ghostscript documents is related to errors of the JBIG2Decode type. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to bypass established access controls...

PT-2016-7789 · Artifex +3 · Ghostscript +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ghostscript versions prior to 9.21 Description: The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow found in the jbig2 decode gray scale image function, which is used for decoding halftone segments in JBIG2 images. A document, such as...