National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1616
Original release date:06/21/2012
Last revised:08/14/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=809697
External Source: XF
Name: argyll-icc-code-execution(75162)
External Source: BID
Name: 53240
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 81617
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.argyllcms.com/icc_readme.html
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-201206-04
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 49602
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 48921
Type: Advisory
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2012-6529
Technical Details
- Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)