CVE-2008-5316

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5316
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-03 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the ReadEmbeddedTextTag function in src/cmsio1.c in Little cms color engine (aka lcms) before 1.16 allows attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to a length parameter inconsistency involving the contents of "the input file," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2741.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Littlecms Lcms 1.07 All All All
Application Littlecms Lcms 1.08 All All All
Application Littlecms Lcms 1.09 All All All
Application Littlecms Lcms 1.10 All All All
Application Littlecms Lcms 1.11 All All All
Application Littlecms Lcms 1.12 All All All
Application Littlecms Lcms 1.13 All All All
Application Littlecms Lcms 1.14 All All All
Application Littlecms Lcms All All All All
Application Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine 1.07 All All All
Application Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine 1.08 All All All
Application Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine 1.09 All All All
Application Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine 1.10 All All All
Application Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine 1.11 All All All
Application Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine 1.12 All All All
Application Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine 1.13 All All All
Application Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine 1.14 All All All
Application Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE request: lcms (old issues) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1684-1 lcms af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVS Info for project lcms af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net Exploit, Patch
Debian update for lcms - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Little CMS Buffer Overflow and Integer Signedness Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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