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CVE-2013-7455

Publication date 4 May 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Double free vulnerability in the DefaultICCintents function in cmscnvrt.c in liblcms2 in Little CMS 2.x before 2.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed ICC profile that triggers an error in the default intent handler.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that a double free() could occur when the intent handling code in the Little CMS library detected an error. An attacker could use this to specially craft a file that caused an application using the Little CMS library to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
lcms2 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.5-0ubuntu4.1
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

ghostscript 9.07 in Ubuntu 13.04+ uses an embedded copy of lcms2

sbeattie

affects lcms2 2.5 only

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H