Little CMS (lcms2) 2.16 through 2.18 before 2.19 has an integer overflow in ParseCube in cmscgats.c.
Priority LOW 18CWE-190Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Little CMS (lcms2) 2.16 through 2.18 before 2.19 has an integer overflow in ParseCube in cmscgats.c.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00128 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed little cms color engine (littlecms): 2.19
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA little cms color engine (littlecms) Fixed in 2.19
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-42798
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4m94-357r-hwph
References
More littlecms vulnerabilities
- TI-2013-06107 Double free vulnerability in the DefaultICCintents function in cmscnvrt.c in liblcms2 in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2007-02652 Stack-based buffer overflow in Little CMS (lcms) before 1.15 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- 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-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
Sources
- CVE-2026-42798 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-42798 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4m94-357r-hwph · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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