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.
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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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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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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
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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
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4276 |
ubuntu
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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 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |