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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-0733 json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the ReadSetOfCurves function in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firef…

published 2009-03-23 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0733

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gimp gimp 2.9.2
  • 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
  • lcms RHEL 5 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2
  • python-lcms RHEL 5 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0377RHSA-2009:0339

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-2009-0733 updated cvss 6.8

LittleCms lack of upper-bounds check on sizes

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) lcms 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2, python-lcms 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2, 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) lcms 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2, python-lcms 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2, 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 Workstation (v. 5 client) lcms 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2, python-lcms 1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0339

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Exploit prediction

5.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • scary.beasts.org http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-003.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/littlecms-vulnerabilities.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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