Is CVE-2018-16435 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-16435 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-16435?

CVE-2018-16435 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-16435?

CVE-2018-16435 has an EPSS score of 1.75% (75th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16435?

Upgrade lcms2 on debian 11 to 2.9-3 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-16435

MEDIUMEPSS 75th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Little CMS (aka Little Color Management System) 2.9 has an integer overflow in the AllocateDataSet function in cmscgats.c, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the SetData function via a crafted file in the second argument to cmsIT8LoadFromFile.

CWE-190Integer Overflow CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

lcms2Debian

Fixed in:2.9-3CVE-2018-16435

lcms2Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.5-0ubuntu4.2USN-3770-1

Fixed in:2.6-3ubuntu2.1USN-3770-1

Fixed in:2.9-1ubuntu0.1USN-3770-1

liblcms2-2Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.5-0ubuntu4.2USN-3770-1

Fixed in:2.6-3ubuntu2.1USN-3770-1

Fixed in:2.9-1ubuntu0.1USN-3770-1

liblcms2-utilsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.5-0ubuntu4.2USN-3770-1

Fixed in:2.6-3ubuntu2.1USN-3770-1

Fixed in:2.9-1ubuntu0.1USN-3770-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.75%probability of exploitation in 30 days

75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory5

Other references1

security.gentoo.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11477	High	7.5	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-44443	High	7.8	94%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0569	High	9.3	90%	-	-
CVE-2017-3599	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21716	Critical	9.8	82%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.