CVE-2013-4160
Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote...
Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to (1) cmsStageAllocLabV2ToV4curves, (2) cmsPipelineDup, (3) cmsAllocProfileSequenceDescription, (4) CurvesAlloc, and (5) cmsnamed.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to (1) cmsStageAllocLabV2ToV4curves, (2) cmsPipelineDup, (3) cmsAllocProfileSequenceDescription, (4) CurvesAlloc, and (5) cmsnamed.
- Record
CVE-2013-4160- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to (1) cmsStageAllocLabV2ToV4curves, (2) cmsPipelineDup, (3) cmsAllocProfileSequenceDescription, (4) CurvesAlloc, and (5) cmsnamed.
- Record
CVE-2013-4160- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-4085 No score
Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to (1) cmsStageAllocLabV2ToV4curves, (2) cmsPipelineDup, (3) cmsAllocProfileSequenceDescription, (4) CurvesAlloc, and (5) cmsnamed.
- Record
EUVD-2013-4085- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6pgf-c4h7-m3qm No score
Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote...
Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to (1) cmsStageAllocLabV2ToV4curves, (2) cmsPipelineDup, (3) cmsAllocProfileSequenceDescription, (4) CurvesAlloc, and (5) cmsnamed.
- Record
GHSA-6pgf-c4h7-m3qm- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to (1) cmsStageAllocLabV2ToV4curves, (2) cmsPipelineDup, (3) cmsAllocProfileSequenceDescription, (4) CurvesAlloc, and (5) cmsnamed.
- Record
CVE-2013-4160- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-4160 No score
Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to (1) cmsStageAllocLabV2ToV4curves, (2) cmsPipelineDup, (3) cmsAllocProfileSequenceDescription, (4) CurvesAlloc, and (5) cmsnamed.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4160- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2013-0240 No score
Updated lcms2 packages fixes security vulnerability
It was discovered that Little CMS did not properly verify certain memory allocations. If a user or automated system using Little CMS were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause Little CMS to crash (CVE-2013-4160).
- Record
MGASA-2013-0240- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
lcms2Debian:12 |
before 2.2+git20110628-2.3 | 2.2+git20110628-2.3 |
lcms2Debian:13 |
before 2.2+git20110628-2.3 | 2.2+git20110628-2.3 |
lcms2Debian:14 |
before 2.2+git20110628-2.3 | 2.2+git20110628-2.3 |
lcms2Mageia:2 |
before 2.5-1.mga2 | 2.5-1.mga2 |
lcms2Mageia:3 |
before 2.5-1.mga3 | 2.5-1.mga3 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-4160 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine, published August 9, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.81%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in lcms2 2.2+git20110628-2.3.