Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-39919

CVE-2026-39919

Artifex Software Ghostscript — Ghostscript < 10.08.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via JPEG 2000 Output Adapter

Description · from the CVE record

Ghostscript before 10.08.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the JPEG 2000 output adapter (base/sjpx_openjpeg.c) that allows attackers to cause memory corruption by supplying a crafted PDF containing a JPEG 2000 image with mismatched component subsampling factors. When image components declare different subsampling values, the non-samescale sub-byte-depth output path allocates a row buffer sized for packed output but writes a full byte per output column regardless of bit depth, overflowing the allocation and corrupting internal chunk-allocator metadata to achieve code execution.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Ghostscript< 10.08.010.08.0CNA

Scores by source

VulnCheck (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VulnCheck (CNA)9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/tag/gs10080patchgithub.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/commit/0a8bf88e39db07b0751a58d6ec1cf992073e4dc1refbugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709666writeupvulncheck.com/advisories/ghostscript-heap-buffer-overflow-via-jpeg-2000-output-adapter