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CVE-2018-16435 json

Little CMS (aka Little Color Management System) 2.9 has an integer overflow in the AllocateDataSet function in cmscgats.c, leading to a hea…

published 8y ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2018-8275 , JLSEC-2026-490

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • julia LittleCMS_jll 2.12.0+0
  • lcms2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16435

  • lcms2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.5-0ubuntu4.2
  • lcms2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.6-3ubuntu2.1
  • lcms2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.9-1ubuntu0.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16435

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3004

  • java-1_8_0-openjdk SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +10 more 1.8.0.191-27.29.1
  • java-1_7_0-openjdk SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +11 more 1.7.0.201-43.18.1
  • java-1_8_0-openjdk SLE Module for Package Hub 15, SLE Module for Legacy 15 1.8.0.191-3.13.1
  • lcms2 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 2.7-9.7.1
  • lcms2 SLE Module for Basesystem 15 2.9-3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0057-2SUSE-SU-2019:0049-2SUSE-SU-2019:0058-1SUSE-SU-2019:0057-1SUSE-SU-2019:0049-1SUSE-SU-2018:3545-1

  • java-1_8_0-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.0.302-2.2
  • lcms2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.12-1.3
  • java-1_8_0-openjdk openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.8.0.191-lp150.2.9.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10876-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10910-1openSUSE-SU-2019:0043-1

  • lcms2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 2.9-r1
  • openjdk8 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +17 more 8.191.12-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-16435

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-16435 updated cvss 5.5

lcms2: Integer overflow in AllocateDataSet() in cmscgats.c leading to heap-based buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 lcms2, lcms2-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 lcms2
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3004
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.7.0-openjdk Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 autocorr-af, autocorr-bg, autocorr-ca, autocorr-cs, autocorr-da, autocorr-de, +69 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-1.7.0-openjdk-src, java-1.8.0-openjdk-src, java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, +7 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/issues/171 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia LittleCMS_jll
<2.12.0+0
2.12.0+0

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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