CVE-2008-5316 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-5316

Buffer overflow in the ReadEmbeddedTextTag function in src/cmsio1.c in Little...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the ReadEmbeddedTextTag function in src/cmsio1.c in Little cms color engine (aka lcms) before 1.16 allows attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to a length parameter inconsistency involving the contents of "the input file," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2741.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

lcms, little cms color engine
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14

Timeline

Official Publish: December 3rd, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.