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medium 4.3

CVE-2009-0793 json

cmsxform.c in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.18, as used in OpenJDK and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of ser…

published 2009-04-09 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0791

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.8%
EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

cmsxform.c in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.18, as used in OpenJDK and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted image that triggers execution of incorrect code for "transformations of monochrome profiles."

Patch / fix

  • java-1.6.0-openjdk RHEL 5 1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-src RHEL 5 1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo RHEL 5 1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc RHEL 5 1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0377

  • lcms openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.19-19.8

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10340-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0793 updated cvss 4.3

lcms: Null pointer dereference (DoS) by handling transformations of monochrome profiles

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 lcms
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) java-1.6.0-openjdk 1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-src 1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo 1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) java-1.6.0-openjdk 1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-src 1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo 1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0377

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Exploit prediction

4.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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