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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting lcms2 package, versions <2.6-3+deb8u2

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.17% (53rd percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LCMS2-300050
  • published 25 Sep 2018
  • disclosed 4 Sep 2018
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Introduced: 4 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16435 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 lcms2 to version 2.6-3+deb8u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lcms2 package and not the lcms2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.