HIGH
LittleCms lack of upper-bounds check on sizes
Published Mar 23, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.53%
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the ReadSetOfCurves function in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox 3.1beta, OpenJDK, and GIMP, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file associated with a large integer value for the (1) input or (2) output channel, related to the ReadLUT_A2B and ReadLUT_B2A functions.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0377
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
lcms-0:1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0339
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0377 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | lcms-0:1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0339 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.53% 0.05534
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05534
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.53% (0.05534) | 92.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.53% (0.05534) | 91.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.49% (0.01492) | 79.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00347) | 72.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00347) | 70.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 21, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00347) | 68.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2023 | 0.39% (0.00386) | 69.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00497) | 72.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.88% (0.03883) | 85.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.88% (0.03883) | 84.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.88% (0.03883) | 67.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (44)
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Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 23, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 25, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0733
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a