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CVE-2013-4276· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.19 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of servic

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.19 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) ICC color profile to the icctrans utility or (2) TIFF image to the tiffdiff utility.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 28, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.5% · 89th percentile
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Action score

18

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
littlecmslittle cms color engine

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • littlecms little cms color engineup to 1.19 inclusive
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.07
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.08
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.09
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.10
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.11
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.12
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.13
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.14
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.15
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.16
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.17
  • littlecms little cms color engine1.18

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
openSUSE:Tumbleweedlcmsbefore 1.19-19.81.19-19.8

Same product

littlecms: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2013-7455Double free vulnerability in the DefaultICCintents function in cmscnvrt.c in liblcms2 in Little CMS 2.x before 2.6 allows remote attackers t
    41Plan
  • CVE-2016-10165The Type_MLU_Read function in cmstypes.c in Little CMS (aka lcms2) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2018-16435Little CMS (aka Little Color Management System) 2.9 has an integer overflow in the AllocateDataSet function in cmscgats.c, leading to a heap
    23Monitor
  • CVE-2013-4160Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2026-42798Little CMS (lcms2) 2.16 through 2.18 before 2.19 has an integer overflow in ParseCube in cmscgats.c.
    16Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
opensuse:lcms1.19-19.8 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    ATT&CK techniques

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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