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    CVE-2009-0733

    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.

    Published:Mar 19, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 23, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.01865
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gimp
    Product
    Gimp
    Vendor
    Littlecms
    Product
    Little Cms
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Sun
    Product
    Openjdk

    Exploits

    http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-003.htmlhttp://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/littlecms-vulnerabilities.htmlhttp://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-003.htmlhttp://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/littlecms-vulnerabilities.html

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
    http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-003.html
    http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/littlecms-vulnerabilities.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34367
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34382
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34400
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34408
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34418
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34442
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34450
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34454
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34463
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34632
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34675
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34782
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-19.xml
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.487438
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1745
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:121
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162
    http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-003.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0339.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502018/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502031/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34185
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021869
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-744-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0775
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487512
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49330
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9742
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00794.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00799.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00811.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00851.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00856.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00857.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00921.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
    http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-003.html
    http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/littlecms-vulnerabilities.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34367
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34382
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34400
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34408
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34418
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34442
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34450
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34454
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34463
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34632
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34675
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34782
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-19.xml
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.487438
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1745
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:121
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162
    http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-003.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0339.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502018/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502031/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34185
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021869
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-744-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0775
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487512
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49330
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9742
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00794.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00799.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00811.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00851.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00856.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00857.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00921.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High