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CVE-2016-10165
The Type_MLU_Read function in cmstypes.c in Little CMS (aka lcms2) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a…
High7.1EPSS 2.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- USN-3770-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3774 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3770-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3268 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2017:0336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 95808 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1039596 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3264 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170125 Re: CVE request: lcms2 heap OOB read parsing crafted ICC profile (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3453 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171019-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170125 Re: CVE MLIST:[oss-security] 20170123 CVE request: lcms2 heap OOB read parsing crafted ICC profile (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2999 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/commit/5ca71a7bc18b6897ab21d815d15e218e204581e2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2658 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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