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CVE-2009-0581 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory 
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-003.html Exploit 
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/littlecms-vulnerabilities.html Exploit 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-19.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.487438 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1745 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:121 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162 Broken Link 
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-003.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0339.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502018/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502031/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34185 Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021870 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-744-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0775 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487509 Issue Tracking 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49328 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10023 Tool Signature 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00794.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00799.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00811.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00851.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00856.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00857.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00921.html Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0581
NVD Published Date:
03/23/2009
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.