CVE-2009-0793

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-04-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

cmsxform.c in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.18, as used in OpenJDK and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted image that triggers execution of incorrect code for "transformations of monochrome profiles."

Affected products

littlecms Lcms: 1.18
Sun Openjdk: 6

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34623
http://secunia.com/advisories/34632
http://secunia.com/advisories/34634
http://secunia.com/advisories/34635
http://secunia.com/advisories/34675
http://secunia.com/advisories/34782
http://secunia.com/advisories/35048
http://secunia.com/advisories/42870
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-19.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:121
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137

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