CVE-2025-29070
Public on 2025-04-01
Modified on 2025-09-23
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."
Severity
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CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | lcms | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | lcms2 | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | lcms2 | 2026-03-19 | ALAS2-2026-3192 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | lcms2 | 2026-03-27 | ALAS2023-2026-1474 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |