Is CVE-2009-0733 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0733 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0733?

CVE-2009-0733 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-0733

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the ReadSetOfCurves function in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox 3.1beta, OpenJDK, and GIMP, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file associated with a large integer value for the (1) input or (2) output channel, related to the ReadLUT_A2B and ReadLUT_B2A functions.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 5.5% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-0733)
Published: March 23, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0733 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gimp / gimp
littlecms / little cms
mozilla / firefox
sun / openjdk

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-003.html(Exploit)
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/littlecms-vulnerabilities.html(Exploit)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34367(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34382(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34400(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34408(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34442(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34450(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34454(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34463(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34632(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34675(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34782(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-19.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.487438(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1745(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:121(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162(Broken Link)
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-003.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0339.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502018/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502031/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34185(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021869(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-744-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0775(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487512(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49330(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9742(Tool Signature)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00794.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00799.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00811.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00851.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00856.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00857.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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