CVE-2018-16435
lcms2 - security update
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.45%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-16435
To remediate CVE-2018-16435, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/lcms2—upgrade to 2.9-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.9-3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.6-3+deb8u2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.8-4+deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-16435 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 2.9-r1
- from 0, < 2.9-3
- from 0, < 2.6-3+deb8u2
- from 0, < 2.8-4+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |