CVE-2018-16435

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16435
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16435.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16435
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-09-04T00:29:02.183Z
Modified
2026-08-07T14:58:27.858367Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "12.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop",
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "6.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server",
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "6.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation",
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "6.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/mm2/little-cms

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/mm2/little-cms
Events
Introduced
29b019fd8726da70f162c7ce193440fe1ec4236f
Last affected
29b019fd8726da70f162c7ce193440fe1ec4236f
Fixed
768f70ca405cd3159d990e962d54456773bb8cf8
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.9"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.9
lcms2.*
lcms2.9

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-07T14:58:27Z"
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16435.json"
vanir_signatures 
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    {
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "length": 495.0,
            "function_hash": "289413441468416616139089740172043071606"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2018-16435-145ab397",
        "source": "https://github.com/mm2/little-cms/commit/768f70ca405cd3159d990e962d54456773bb8cf8",
        "target": {
            "function": "AllocateDataSet",
            "file": "src/cmscgats.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "id": "CVE-2018-16435-8ca9d527",
        "source": "https://github.com/mm2/little-cms/commit/768f70ca405cd3159d990e962d54456773bb8cf8",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/cmscgats.c"
        }
    }
]