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CVE-2008-5317 (GCVE-0-2008-5317)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-03 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49
VLAI
Summary
Integer signedness error in the cmsAllocGamma function in src/cmsgamma.c in Little cms color engine (aka lcms) before 1.17 allows attackers to have an unknown impact via a file containing a certain "number of entries" value, which is interpreted improperly, leading to an allocation of insufficient memory.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/33066 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-00… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://usn.ubuntu.com/693-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2008-11-28 00:00
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