CVE-2008-5317

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer signedness error in the cmsAllocGamma function in src/cmsgamma.c in Little cms color engine (aka lcms) before 1.17 allows attackers to have an unknown impact via a file containing a certain "number of entries" value, which is interpreted improperly, leading to an allocation of insufficient memory.

Affected products

littlecms Lcms: through 1.16; 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 (+3)
littlecms Little Cms Color Engine: through 1.16; 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 (+3)

References

http://lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lcms/lcms/src/cmsgamma.c?view=diff&r1=1.16&r2=1.17
http://secunia.com/advisories/33066
http://secunia.com/advisories/33219
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/47120
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10685
https://usn.ubuntu.com/693-1/
http://lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lcms/lcms/src/cmsgamma.c?view=diff&r1=1.16&r2=1.17
http://secunia.com/advisories/33066

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