Integer Underflows in icmLut_allocate Function in ICC Format Library: Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2012-4405 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Multiple integer underflows in the icmLut_allocate function in International Color Consortium (ICC) Format library (icclib), as used in Ghostscript 9.06 and Argyll Color Management System, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) PostScript or (2) PDF file with embedded images, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this issue is also described as an array index error.

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