Buffer overflow in Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine
CVE-2018-16435
Little CMS (aka Little Color Management System) 2.9 has an integer overflow in the AllocateDataSet function in cmscgats.c, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the SetData function via a crafted file in the second argument to cmsIT8LoadFromFile.
Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine — versions 2.9
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- usn.ubuntu.com/3770-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3770-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00005.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/issues/171 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4284 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/commit/768f70ca405cd3159d990e962d54456773bb8cf8 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-18 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16435?
- CVE-2018-16435 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-09-04.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16435?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.