Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows…
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Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to (1) cmsStageAllocLabV2ToV4curves, (2) cmsPipelineDup, (3) cmsAllocProfileSequenceDescription, (4) CurvesAlloc, and (5) cmsnamed.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02809 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 18
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 2.4 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.07 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.08 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.09 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.10 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.11 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.12 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.13 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.14 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.15 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.4 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.07 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.08 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.09 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.11 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.12 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.13 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.14 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.15 Vulnerable ·littlecms
Show 8 more CPE
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.16 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.17 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.18 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.19 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.1 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.2 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
| cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.3 | Vulnerable | littlecms |
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.16 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.17 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.18 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.19 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.2 Vulnerable ·littlecms
- cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3 Vulnerable ·littlecms
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-4160
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6pgf-c4h7-m3qm
References
Advisory 1
Other 5
- [oss-security] 20130718 CVE Request: OpenJDK and lcms2 2.5 release fixes various denial of service issues in lcms2
- [distro-pkg-dev] 20130708 [SECURITY] IcedTea 2.4.1 for OpenJDK 7 Released!
- https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/commit/91c2db7f2559be504211b283bc3a2c631d6f06d9
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826097#c9
- [oss-security] 20130722 Re: CVE Request: OpenJDK and lcms2 2.5 release fixes various denial of service issues in lcms2
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- TI-2008-05061 Buffer overflow in the ReadEmbeddedTextTag function in src/cmsio1.c in Little cms color… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2008-05062 Integer signedness error in the cmsAllocGamma function in src/cmsgamma.c in Little cms… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2016-08241 The Type_MLU_Read function in cmstypes.c in Little CMS (aka lcms2) allows remote… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2018-11782 Little CMS (aka Little Color Management System) 2.9 has an integer overflow in the… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2013-03742 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.19 and earlier… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2013-4160 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-4160 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6pgf-c4h7-m3qm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2013-4160 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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