CVE-2008-5316
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5293)
- Published
- December 3, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5293 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- littlecms / lcms
- littlecms / lcms
- littlecms / lcms
- littlecms / lcms
- littlecms / lcms
- littlecms / lcms
- littlecms / lcms
- littlecms / lcms
- littlecms / lcms
- littlecms / little cms color engine
- littlecms / little cms color engine
- littlecms / little cms color engine
- littlecms / little cms color engine
- littlecms / little cms color engine
- littlecms / little cms color engine
- littlecms / little cms color engine
- littlecms / little cms color engine
- littlecms / little cms color engine
References
- http://lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lcms/lcms/src/cmsio1.c?r1=1.33&r2=1.34(Exploit, Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33066
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1684
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/3(Exploit)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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