CVE-2009-0793

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2009-04-02
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
492353: CVE-2009-0793 lcms: Null pointer dereference (DoS) by handling transformations of monochrome profiles

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

cmsxform.c in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.18, as used in OpenJDK and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted image that triggers execution of incorrect code for "transformations of monochrome profiles."

Find out more about CVE-2009-0793 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) RHSA-2009:0377 2009-04-07

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 lcms Will not fix

Last Modified

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