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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-16435: LittleCMS: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-16435: LittleCMS: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/04/2018
Created
05/29/2021
Added
05/28/2021
Modified
05/28/2021

Description

Little CMS (aka Little Color Management System) 2.9 has an integer overflow in the AllocateDataSet function in cmscgats.c, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the SetData function via a crafted file in the second argument to cmsIT8LoadFromFile.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-lcms

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