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CVE-2016-10165· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The Type_MLU_Read function in cmstypes.c in Little CMS (aka lcms2) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial

The Type_MLU_Read function in cmstypes.c in Little CMS (aka lcms2) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via an image with a crafted ICC profile, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.

HighCVSS 7.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 3, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.8% · 86th percentile
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Action score

29

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.8%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
littlecmslittle cms color engine
canonicalubuntu linux
debiandebian linux
opensuseleap
redhatsatellite
redhatenterprise linux desktop
redhatenterprise linux server
redhatenterprise linux server aus
redhatenterprise linux server eus
redhatenterprise linux server tus
redhatenterprise linux workstation
netappactive iq unified manager

and 7 more

Affected versions

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

  • canonical ubuntu linux12.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux14.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux16.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux18.04
  • debian debian linux8.0
  • littlecms little cms color enginebefore 2.11
  • netapp active iq unified manager9.5 and later
  • netapp active iq unified manager7.3 and later
  • netapp e-series santricity managementall versions
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.0
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.0.0
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.20
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.25
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.30
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.30.5r3
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.40
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.40.3r2
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.40.5
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.50.1
  • netapp e-series santricity os controller11.50.2

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.10lcms2before 2.8-r12.8-r1
Alpine:v3.2lcms2before 2.8-r02.8-r0
Debian:12lcms2before 2.8-42.8-4
Debian:7lcms2before 2.2+git20110628-2.2+deb7u22.2+git20110628-2.2+deb7u2
Debian:8lcms2before 2.6-3+deb8u12.6-3+deb8u1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedjava-1_8_0-openjdkbefore 1.8.0.302-2.21.8.0.302-2.2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdkbefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_111:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfobefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_111:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdk-demobefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_111:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdk-develbefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_111:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdk-javadocbefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_111:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdk-srcbefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_111:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el5_11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdkbefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_81:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfobefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_81:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdk-demobefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_81:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdk-develbefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_81:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdk-javadocbefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_81:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.7.0-openjdk-srcbefore 1:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_81:1.7.0.121-2.6.8.1.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.8.0-openjdkbefore 1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_81:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.8.0-openjdk-debugbefore 1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_81:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfobefore 1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_81:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.8.0-openjdk-demobefore 1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_81:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-debugbefore 1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_81:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientjava-1.8.0-openjdk-develbefore 1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_81:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8

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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-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-2013-4276Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.19 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of servic
    18Monitor
  • 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
alpine:lcms22.8-r1 · Alpine:v3.10Package registry (OSV)
debian:lcms22.8-4 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:java-1_8_0-openjdk1.8.0.302-2.2 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-debug1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-debuginfo1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo-debug1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel-debug1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-debug1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-javadoc-debug1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:java-1.8.0-openjdk-src1:1.8.0.111-0.b15.el6_8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
suse:java-1_7_0-ibm1.7.0_sr10.15-65.8.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3Package registry (OSV)
suse:java-1_7_0-openjdk1.7.0.161-43.7.6 · SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6Package registry (OSV)
suse:java-1_7_1-ibm1.7.1_sr4.15-26.8.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4Package registry (OSV)
suse:java-1_8_0-ibm1.8.0_sr5.5-30.13.1 · SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6Package registry (OSV)
suse:java-1_8_0-openjdk1.8.0.151-27.8.1 · SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6Package registry (OSV)
suse:lcms22.7-9.7.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3Package 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

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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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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

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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