CVE-2008-5316

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

littlecms Lcms: through 1.15; 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 (+2)
littlecms Little Cms Color Engine: through 1.15; 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 (+2)

References

http://lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lcms/lcms/src/cmsio1.c?r1=1.33&r2=1.34
http://secunia.com/advisories/33066
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1684
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/3
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=1.34
http://secunia.com/advisories/33066
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1684
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/3

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