CVE-2012-1616

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-04-23
CWE:
CWE-416
Bugzilla:
809697: CVE-2012-1616 icclib: Use-after-free via crafted ICC profile files

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Use-after-free vulnerability in icclib before 2.13, as used by Argyll CMS before 1.4 and possibly other programs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted ICC profile file.

Find out more about CVE-2012-1616 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.4
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ghostscript Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ghostscript Not affected

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