CVE-2012-1616

Use-after-free vulnerability in icclib before 2.13, as used by Argyll CMS before 1.4 and possibly other programs, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted ICC profile file.

Published: 2012-06-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1616 is rated High Risk (66.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.79%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1616

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 2026-06-15 7.36% 4.79% -2.57%
2 2026-05-13 9.67% 7.36% -2.31%
3 2025-03-30 — 9.67% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1616

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1616

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1616

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-1616 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (argyll), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1616
gentoo normal CVE-2012-1616: 1 GLSA(s) (201206-04), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/argyllcms); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-1616
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1616
suse critical CVE-2012-1616 severity critical: SUSE including 8 source package names (argyllcms-1.6.3-1.179, argyllcms-1.6.3-3.3, …), 21 product×package rows across 19 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (19 product lines)): Fixed 21. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1616/
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1616 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (argyll, libicc), 38 status rows across 19 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 18, DNE 15, not-affected 3, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1616

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1616

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
argyllcms argyllcms <= 1.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 0.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 0.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 0.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 0.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 0.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:0.7.0:beta_8:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argyllcms argyllcms 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:argyllcms:argyllcms:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
color icclib <= 2.11 cpe:2.3:a:color:icclib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
color icclib 1.23 cpe:2.3:a:color:icclib:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
color icclib 2.00 cpe:2.3:a:color:icclib:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
color icclib 2.02 cpe:2.3:a:color:icclib:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
color icclib 2.03 cpe:2.3:a:color:icclib:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1616

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