Little CMS 2.9 cmscgats.c SetData Argument integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Little CMS 2.9. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is the function SetData of the file cmscgats.c. The manipulation as part of Argument leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-16435. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Little CMS 2.9 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function SetData of the file cmscgats.c. The manipulation as part of a Argument leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Little CMS (aka Little Color Management System) 2.9 has an integer overflow in the AllocateDataSet function in cmscgats.c, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the SetData function via a crafted file in the second argument to cmsIT8LoadFromFile.

The bug was discovered 08/13/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/04/2018 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-16435 since 09/03/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 21 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 117350 (Debian DLA-1496-1 : lcms2 security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171692 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for lcms2 (SUSE-SU-2018:3545-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (117350) and SecurityFocus (BID 105601†). The entries VDB-96545, VDB-108157 and VDB-125523 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Integer overflow
CWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 117350
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-1496-1 : lcms2 security update
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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08/13/2018 🔍
09/03/2018 +20 days 🔍
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05/06/2023 +1663 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2018:3004
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-16435 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-16435
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-123557

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SecurityFocus: 105601 - Oracle Java SE/Java SE Embedded CVE-2018-3136 Remote Security Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/04/2018 15:48
Updated: 05/06/2023 20:19
Changes: 09/04/2018 15:48 (77), 03/20/2020 13:53 (6), 05/06/2023 20:19 (5)
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