Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2013-7455 is a memory-handling flaw in Little CMS 2.x before 2.6. A malicious ICC color profile can trigger a double free and potentially allow remote code execution when processed by affected software. Exposure is most likely where servers, desktop applications, or image/document processing pipelines use liblcms2 or Little CMS 2.x before 2.6 and accept untrusted files containing ICC profiles. Prioritize systems that process external images, PDFs, or color profiles. The business risk is code execution through file handling, but urgency depends on whether affected Little CMS versions are present and exposed to untrusted content. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Little CMS/liblcms2 to version 2.6 or later.; Apply vendor security updates, such as Ubuntu USN-2961-1 where applicable.; Check OS and application vendor advisories for backported fixes..
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- https://penteston.com/OSVDB-105462CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/commit/fefaaa43c382eee632ea3ad0cfa915335140e1dbCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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