CVE-2008-5317
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
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.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5294)
- 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-2008-5294 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 / 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
- littlecms / little cms color engine
References
- http://lcms.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lcms/lcms/src/cmsgamma.c?view=diff&r1=1.16&r2=1.17(Patch)
- 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/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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