CVE-2009-0581

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 23 Mar 2009, 14:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 04:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.89% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Mar 2009, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 04:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Memory leak in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox 3.1beta, OpenJDK, and GIMP, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted image file.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.89%• Percentile: 84%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-401•Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

Affected Systems

  • gimp•gimp

    < 2.9.2

  • littlecms•little_cms

    ≤ 1.17

  • mozilla•firefox

    3.1:beta1

  • oracle•openjdk

    ≤ 7

References (41)