Out-of-bounds Write Affecting lcms2 package, versions <2.9-r1
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- published31 May 2025
- disclosed4 Sept 2018
Introduced: 4 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16435 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.22 lcms2 to version 2.9-r1 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 Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.22 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.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16435
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4284
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00005.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16435
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-18
- https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/commit/768f70ca405cd3159d990e962d54456773bb8cf8
- https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/issues/171
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16435
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3770-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3770-2/