CVE-2012-1616

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1616
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-21 15:55:12 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in icclib before 2.13, as used by Argyll CMS before 1.4 and possibly other programs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted ICC profile file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 0.1.0 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 0.2.0 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 0.2.1 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 0.2.2 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 0.3.0 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 0.6.0 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 0.7.0 beta_8 All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.0.0 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.0.2 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.0.3 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.0.4 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.1.0 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.1.1 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.2.0 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.3.0 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.3.1 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.3.2 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.3.3 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.3.4 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.3.5 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms 1.3.6 All All All
Application Argyllcms Argyllcms All All All All
Application Color Icclib 1.23 All All All
Application Color Icclib 2.00 All All All
Application Color Icclib 2.02 All All All
Application Color Icclib 2.03 All All All
Application Color Icclib All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ICC File I/O README af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.argyllcms.com
809697 – (CVE-2012-1616) CVE-2012-1616 icclib: Use-after-free via crafted ICC profile files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/81617 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
ICCLIB CVE-2012-1616 Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA49602 - Gentoo update for argyllcms - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ArgyllCMS: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: argyllcms-1.4.0-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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