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CVE-2009-0793 Detail

Description

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."


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/09/2009)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0793 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future lcms packages update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34623 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34632 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34634 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34635 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34675 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/34782 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35048 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/42870 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-19.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:121 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34411 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34420 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1043-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0963 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0964 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0087 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492353 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11340 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00203.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00204.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00233.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg00285.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0793
NVD Published Date:
04/09/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.