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TI-2018-08265 Aliases CVE-2018-11556GHSA-mcm3-3x4w-qxwh

tificc in Little CMS 2.9 has an out-of-bounds write in the…

Priority LOW 36CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

tificc in Little CMS 2.9 has an out-of-bounds write in the cmsPipelineCheckAndRetreiveStages function in cmslut.c in liblcms2.a via a crafted TIFF file. NOTE: Little CMS developers do consider this a vulnerability because the issue is based on an sample program using LIBTIFF and do not apply to the lcms2 library, lcms2 does not depends on LIBTIFF other than to build sample programs, and the issue cannot be reproduced on the lcms2 library.”

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0105 64th 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

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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.9Vulnerablelittlecms
  • cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.9 Vulnerable ·littlecms

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-11556
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mcm3-3x4w-qxwh

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2009-00698 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the ReadSetOfCurves function in LittleCMS (aka… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-00690 Multiple integer overflows in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2018-08264 tificc in Little CMS 2.9 has an out-of-bounds write in the PrecalculatedXFORM function in… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-29862 Integer overflow in littlecms little cms color engine CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2009-00558 Memory leak in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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