Is CVE-2017-9216 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-9216 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-9216?

CVE-2017-9216 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-9216?

CVE-2017-9216 has an EPSS score of 3.45% (88th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-9216?

Upgrade jbig2dec on debian 11 to 0.13-5 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-9216

MEDIUMEPSS 88th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

libjbig2dec.a in Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in MuPDF and Ghostscript, has a NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c. For example, the jbig2dec utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid file.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

jbig2decDebian

Fixed in:0.13-5CVE-2017-9216

jbig2decUbuntu

Fixed in:0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1+esm2USN-5405-1

libjbig2dec0Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1+esm2USN-5405-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days

88thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 88% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugs.ghostscript.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

git.ghostscript.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.