CVE-2013-4276

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.19 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) ICC color profile to the icctrans utility or (2) TIFF image to the tiffdiff utility.

Published: 2013-09-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4276 is rated Moderate Risk (46.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.34%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4276

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 2025-07-13 2.84% 2.34% -0.50%
2 2025-03-30 21.41% 2.84% -18.57%
3 2025-03-29 21.41%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4276

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4276

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4276

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-4276 unimportant 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-2013-4276
gentoo normal CVE-2013-4276: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-46), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/lcms); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-4276
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4276
ubuntu low CVE-2013-4276 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (ghostscript, lcms, lcms2), 51 status rows across 17 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 32, DNE 12, ignored 7. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4276

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4276

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
littlecms little_cms_color_engine <= 1.19 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4276

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