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CVE-2008-5317
Integer signedness error in the cmsAllocGamma function in src/cmsgamma.c in Little cms color engine (aka lcms) before 1.17 allows…
High10.0EPSS 2.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (10)
- 33219 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32708 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 33066 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10685 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-1684 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lcms/lcms/src/cmsgamma.c?view=diff&r1=1.16&r2=1.17 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081128 CVE request: lcms (old issues) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- lcms-cmsallocgamma-bo(47120) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-693-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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