CVE-2009-0581

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0581
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-23 14:19:12 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox 3.1beta, OpenJDK, and GIMP, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted image file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-401 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gimp Gimp All All All All
Application Littlecms Little Cms All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.1 beta1 All All
Application Oracle Openjdk All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:121 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian update for openjdk-6 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
USN-744-1: LittleCMS vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for lcms - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: lcms-1.18-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: lcms-1.18-0.1.beta2.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-0.21.b09.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Little CMS Memory Leak and Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for lcms - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for lcms - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- LittleCMS: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for java-1.6.0-openjdk - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1745-1 lcms af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for lcms - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-0.23.b09.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 487509 – CVE-2009-0581 LittleCms memory leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: lcms-1.18-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-11.b14.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for lcms - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
LittleCMS Memory Leak Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: lcms-1.18-0.1.beta2.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Security: LittleCMS vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com Exploit
Little cms Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1769-1 openjdk-6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Tool Signature
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:162 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
OpenJDK Little cms Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Slackware update for lcms - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:137 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
CESA-2009-003 - rev 2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 scary.beasts.org Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2009-0581 MITRE access.redhat.com
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