CVE-2013-4160

Little CMS (lcms2) before 2.5, as used in OpenJDK 7 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to (1) cmsStageAllocLabV2ToV4curves, (2) cmsPipelineDup, (3) cmsAllocProfileSequenceDescription, (4) CurvesAlloc, and (5) cmsnamed.

Published: 2014-01-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4160 is rated Moderate Risk (46.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.10%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4160

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 2025-04-19 1.29% 1.10% -0.18%
2 2025-03-30 2.33% 1.29% -1.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.33% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4160

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4160

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4160

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-4160 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lcms2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4160
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4160
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4160/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4160 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (ghostscript, lcms, lcms2), 15 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 7, released 5, needs-triage 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4160

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-4160

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html "CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference"

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4160

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
littlecms little_cms_color_engine <= 2.4 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.15 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.16 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.17 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.18 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 1.19 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
littlecms little_cms_color_engine 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms_color_engine:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4160

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