CVE-2013-4160 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via NULL pointer dereference in the Little CMS library used by OpenJDK.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-4160?

CVE-2013-4160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4160?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4160?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-4160 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4160 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4160, GHSA-6pgf-c4h7-m3qm, MGASA-2013-0240.

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