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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-0581 · published 23 March 2009

CVE-2009-0581: Littlecms little cms memory leak vulnerability

Littlecms · Little Cms

Memory leak in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox 3.1beta, OpenJDK, and GIMP, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted image file.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.5% · top 15.9% CWE-401 · Memory leak
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
2.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
82References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Memory leak in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox 3.1beta, OpenJDK, and GIMP, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted image file.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-003.html Exploit
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/littlecms-vulnerabilities.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/34367 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34382 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34400 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34408 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34442 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34450 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34454 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34463 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34632 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34675 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34782 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-19.xml Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.487438 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1745 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:121 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162 Broken Link
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-003.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0339.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502018/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502031/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34185 PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021870 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-744-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0775 PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487509 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49328 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10023 Tool Signature
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00794.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00799.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00811.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00851.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00856.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00857.html Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-0581), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.