USN-2961-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2961-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2961-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2961-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2016-05-04T19:36:22.332845Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:14Z
Summary
lcms2 vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that a double free() could occur when the intent handling code in the Little CMS library detected an error. An attacker could use this to specially craft a file that caused an application using the Little CMS library to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / lcms2

Package

Name
lcms2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lcms2@2.5-0ubuntu4.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5-0ubuntu4.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.5-0ubuntu1
2.5-0ubuntu2
2.5-0ubuntu3
2.5-0ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-2",
            "binary_version": "2.5-0ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.5-0ubuntu4.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.5-0ubuntu4.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2013-7455",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}