CVE-2018-16435
Moderate
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.
Exploit probability
1.7%
Published
September 4, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
2 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-16435
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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