CVE-2008-5316

Published: Dec 3, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119

10.0CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

littlecms

oss-projectaka little cms, lcms

lcmsLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

little cms color engineLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

Red Hat Inc.

commercial·USaka red hat

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

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References

http://lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lcms/lcms/src/cmsio1.c?r1=1.33&r2=1.34

lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32708

securityfocus.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/33066

secunia.com

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