CVE-2008-5316

Exp

Buffer overflow in the ReadEmbeddedTextTag function in src/cmsio1.c in Little cms color engine (aka lcms) before 1.16 allows attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to a length parameter inconsistency involving the contents of "the input file," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-2741.

Published: 2008-12-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5316 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.84%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5316

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5316

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-24 1.92% 1.84% -0.08%
2 2025-03-30 2.60% 1.92% -0.68%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.60% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5316

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5316

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5316

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5316
ubuntu low CVE-2008-5316 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (lcms), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5316

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5316

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
littlecms lcms <= 1.15 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:lcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms lcms 1.07 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:lcms:1.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms lcms 1.08 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:lcms:1.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms lcms 1.09 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:lcms:1.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms lcms 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:lcms:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms lcms 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:lcms:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms lcms 1.12 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:lcms:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms lcms 1.13 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:lcms:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms lcms 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:lcms:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine <= 1.15 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.07 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.08 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.09 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.12 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.13 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5316

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