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TI-2009-00558 Aliases CVE-2009-0581GHSA-2m87-9x7m-6v4q

Memory leak in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox…

Priority LOW 25CWE-401Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-401.

Summary

Memory leak in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox 3.1beta, OpenJDK, and GIMP, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted image file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02502 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.17Vulnerablelittlecms
cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.9.2VulnerableGIMP
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1 beta1VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 7VulnerableOracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.17 Vulnerable ·littlecms
  • cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.9.2 Vulnerable ·GIMP
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 beta1 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2009:0377 Released 2009-04-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    java-1.6.0-openjdk security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5.i386, java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5 +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5.i386, java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5 +7
  • RHSA-2009:0339 Released 2009-03-19 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    lcms security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) lcms-1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2, lcms-1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2.i386, lcms-1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) lcms-1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2, lcms-1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2.i386, python-lcms-1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) lcms-1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2, lcms-devel-1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2, lcms-devel-1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2009:0339, RHSA-2009:0377
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:0339, RHSA-2009:0377
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:0339

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-0581
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2m87-9x7m-6v4q

References

Exploit 2

Patch 1

Advisory 19

Other 2

Sources

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