USN-8209-2

USN-8209-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Little CMS. This update contains the fixes for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Little CMS incorrectly handled certain malformed ICC profiles. An attacker could use this issue to cause Little CMS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / lcms2

Package

Name: lcms2
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/lcms2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.5-0ubuntu4.2+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.5-0ubuntu1

2.5-0ubuntu2

2.5-0ubuntu3

2.5-0ubuntu4

2.5-0ubuntu4.1

2.5-0ubuntu4.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5-0ubuntu4.2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5-0ubuntu4.2+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8209-2.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-41254",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / lcms2

Package

Name: lcms2
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/lcms2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.6-3ubuntu2.1+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.6-3ubuntu2

2.6-3ubuntu2.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6-3ubuntu2.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6-3ubuntu2.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8209-2.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-41254",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / lcms2

Package

Name: lcms2
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/lcms2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fbionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.9-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.7-1ubuntu1

2.8-4

2.9-1

2.9-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8209-2.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-41254",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / lcms2

Package

Name: lcms2
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/lcms2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Ffocal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.9-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.9-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9-4ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9-4ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "liblcms2-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8209-2.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-41254",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}