CVE-2018-16435

Publication date 3 September 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Little CMS (aka Little Color Management System) 2.9 has an integer overflow in the AllocateDataSet function in cmscgats.c, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the SetData function via a crafted file in the second argument to cmsIT8LoadFromFile.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 19.04 disco
Fixed 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
lcms 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
lcms2 19.04 disco
Fixed 2.9-3
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 2.9-3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.9-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.6-3ubuntu2.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.5-0ubuntu4.2
oxide-qt 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored Ubuntu touch end-of-life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
lcms
lcms2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3770-2
    • Little CMS vulnerabilities
    • 20 September 2018
    • USN-3770-1
    • Little CMS vulnerabilities
    • 20 September 2018

Other references