What is CVE-2018-11556?

CVE-2018-11556 is a high-severity vulnerability in Littlecms Little_cms, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-11556?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-11556 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Littlecms Little_cms

CVE-2018-11556

tificc in Little CMS 2.9 has an out-of-bounds write in the cmsPipelineCheckAndRetreiveStages function in cmslut.c in liblcms2.a via a crafted TIFF file. NOTE: Little CMS developers do consider this a vulnerability because the issue is base…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (61.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Littlecms Little_cms — versions 2.9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

xiaoqx/pocs

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11556?: CVE-2018-11556 is a high-severity vulnerability in Littlecms Little_cms, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-11556?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-11556 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.