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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10165

The Type_MLU_Read function in cmstypes.c in Little CMS (aka lcms2) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via an image with a crafted ICC profile, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.

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CVE-2016-10165

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Feb 2017, 19:59 UTC

The Type_MLU_Read function in cmstypes.c in Little CMS (aka lcms2) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via an image with a crafted ICC profile, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.

osv:CVE-2016-10165
Complete source record
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