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 based on an sample program using LIBTIFF and do not apply to the lcms2 library, lcms2 does not depends on LIBTIFF other than to build sample programs, and the issue cannot be reproduced on the lcms2 library.”
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Littlecms Little Cms — versions 2.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/issues/167 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/cms (Third Party Advisory)
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.