Heap out-of-bounds read via undersized input buffer
Published Apr 1, 2025 · Updated Apr 4, 2025
Heap-based buffer overflow in Little CMS lcms2 2.16 allows attackers to read beyond a heap buffer during a color transformation. UnrollChunkyBytes in cmspack.c reads nChan input bytes without receiving or validating the input buffer length, so an undersized caller-supplied buffer is read past its allocation. The supplier disputes that lcms2 is vulnerable because the reproducer's third-party harness allocates too little memory before calling the library; the demonstrated consequence is an AddressSanitizer abort, not a production exploit.
Summary
What happened
Heap-based buffer overflow in Little CMS lcms2 2.16 allows attackers to read beyond a heap buffer during a color transformation. UnrollChunkyBytes in cmspack.c reads nChan input bytes without receiving or validating the input buffer length, so an undersized caller-supplied buffer is read past its allocation. The supplier disputes that lcms2 is vulnerable because the reproducer's third-party harness allocates too little memory before calling the library; the demonstrated consequence is an AddressSanitizer abort, not a production exploit.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-29069
- Published
- Apr 1, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-122
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Apr 1, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Poc-UnrollChunkyBytes.zipproof of concept · demonstrated
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