CVE-2018-16435
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | lcms2 | Not affected (2.14-r0) |
| Stream | lcms2 | Not affected (2.15-r4) |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004
- https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/commit/768f70ca405cd3159d990e962d54456773bb8cf8
- https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/issues/171
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-18
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3770-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3770-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4284