CVE-2025-29070: Heap Overflow (CVSS 7.5)

Description

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in thesmooth2() in cmsgamma.c in lcms2-2.16 which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. NOTE: the Supplier disputes this because "this is not exploitable as this function is never called on normal color management, is there only as a helper for low-level programming and investigation."

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CVSS v3.1 Score

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-122 CWE-122

References

Other References

https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/issues/475 https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/issues/475#issuecomment-2696785063

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-29070? +

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in thesmooth2() in cmsgamma.c in lcms2-2.16 which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. NOTE: the Supplier disputes this because "this is not exploitable as this function is never called on normal color management, is there only as a helper for low-level programming and investigation." It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2025-29070? +

CVE-2025-29070 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-29070? +

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