CVE-2008-5317

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2007-11-22
Bugzilla:
473463: CVE-2008-5317 lcms: unsigned -> signed integer cast issue in cmsAllocGamma

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-5317 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (lcms) RHSA-2009:0011 2009-01-07

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