CVE-2012-1616

critical
Published 2012-06-21 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.3

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.4.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.4.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.4.0-1
debian debiansidfixed1.4.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.4.0-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
argyllcmsargyllcms{"endIncluding":"1.3.7"}
argyllcmsargyllcms0.1.0
argyllcmsargyllcms0.2.0
argyllcmsargyllcms0.2.1
argyllcmsargyllcms0.2.2
argyllcmsargyllcms0.3.0
argyllcmsargyllcms0.6.0
argyllcmsargyllcms0.7.0
argyllcmsargyllcms1.0.0
argyllcmsargyllcms1.0.2
argyllcmsargyllcms1.0.3
argyllcmsargyllcms1.0.4
argyllcmsargyllcms1.1.0
argyllcmsargyllcms1.1.1
argyllcmsargyllcms1.2.0
argyllcmsargyllcms1.3.0
argyllcmsargyllcms1.3.1
argyllcmsargyllcms1.3.2
argyllcmsargyllcms1.3.3
argyllcmsargyllcms1.3.4
argyllcmsargyllcms1.3.5
argyllcmsargyllcms1.3.6
coloricclib{"endIncluding":"2.11"}
coloricclib1.23
coloricclib2.00
coloricclib2.02
coloricclib2.03

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.