CVE-2008-5316
Buffer 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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.78% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- littlecms/lcms · littlecms/little cms color engine
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lcms/lcms/src/cmsio1.c?r1=1.33&r2=1.34Exploit, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33066
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1684
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/3Exploit
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0011.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32708
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47119
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10531
- http://lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lcms/lcms/src/cmsio1.c?r1=1.33&r2=1.34Exploit, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33066
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1684
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/3Exploit
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0011.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32708
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47119
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10531
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.