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title: "CVE-2013-4276\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4276

Publication date 28 September 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4276?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ghostscript | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| lcms | 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| lcms2 | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4276?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

ghostscript 9.07 in Ubuntu 13.04+ uses an embedded copy of lcms2

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| lcms | * Vendor:   <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=783274&action=diff> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4276)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4276)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4276)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4276)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3770-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3770-2)
+ Little CMS vulnerabilities
+ 20 September 2018

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/22/3>
* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=991757>
* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=992975>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4276>