1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1911-1

USN-1911-1: Little CMS vulnerability

Publication date

29 July 2013

Overview

Little CMS could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • lcms2 - Little CMS 2 color management library

Details

It was discovered that Little CMS did not properly verify certain memory
allocations. If a user or automated system using Little CMS were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause Little CMS
to crash.

It was discovered that Little CMS did not properly verify certain memory
allocations. If a user or automated system using Little CMS were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause Little CMS
to crash.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that uses Little CMS to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.04 raring liblcms2-2 –  2.4-0ubuntu3.1
12.10 quantal liblcms2-2 –  2.2+git20110628-2ubuntu4.1
12.04 precise liblcms2-2 –  2.2+git20110628-2ubuntu3.1

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