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CVE-2009-0581

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0581 describes a memory leak vulnerability in LittleCMS (lcms) versions prior to 1.18beta2, affecting products like Firefox, OpenJDK, and GIMP. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through memory exhaustion and application crashes by providing a specially crafted image file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:littlecms:little_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0250 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: lcms-0:1.18-0.1.beta1.el5_3.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0581Low

LittleCms memory leak

Mar 19, 2009

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com / 2009/03/littlecms-vulnerabilities.html
Exploit
scary.beasts.org / security/CESA-2009-003.html
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/34367
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34382
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34400
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34408
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34418
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34442
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34450
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34454
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34463
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34632
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34675
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34782
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200904-19.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49328
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10023
Tool Signature
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00794.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00799.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00811.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00851.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00856.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00857.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00921.html
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1745
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1769
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2009-003.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0339.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502018/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502031/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/34185
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-744-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0775
PatchVendor Advisory