CVE-2009-0793

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0793
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-09 15:08:35 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptioncmsxform.c in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.18, as used in OpenJDK and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted image that triggers execution of incorrect code for "transformations of monochrome profiles."

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-20 | 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 Littlecms Lcms 1.18 All All All
Application Sun Openjdk 6 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
Debian update for openjdk-6 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Fedora update for java-1.6.0-openjdk - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-1043-1: Little CMS vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
OpenJDK Little cms Monochrome Profiles Denial of Service - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-0.25.b09.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo update for lcms - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for lcms - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- LittleCMS: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: lcms-1.18-2.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
492353 – (CVE-2009-0793) CVE-2009-0793 lcms: Null pointer dereference (DoS) by handling transformations of monochrome profiles af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-15.b14.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Little cms Monochrome Profiles Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1769-1 openjdk-6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
RETIRED: Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: lcms-1.18-2.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:162 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for lcms - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:137 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2009-0793 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-04-09Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0793 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future lcms packages update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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