Integer overflow in Little CMS - CVE-2018-16435
Published: September 5, 2018 / Updated: September 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14624
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16435
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Little CMS
Affected software:
Little CMS
Little CMS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the AllocateDataSet function in cmscgats.c when handling malicious input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can supply a specially crafted file in the second argument to cmsIT8LoadFromFile, trigger heap-based buffer overflow in the SetData function and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code with elevated prvileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16435
Install update from vendor's website.