USN-8209-1: Little CMS vulnerability

Publication date

27 April 2026

Overview

Little CMS could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted ICC profile.


Packages

  • lcms2 - Little CMS color management library

Details

It was discovered that Little CMS incorrectly handled certain malformed ICC
profiles. An attacker could use this issue to cause Little CMS to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Little CMS incorrectly handled certain malformed ICC
profiles. An attacker could use this issue to cause Little CMS to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute liblcms2-2 –  2.17-1ubuntu0.1
liblcms2-utils –  2.17-1ubuntu0.1
25.10 questing liblcms2-2 –  2.16-2ubuntu0.1
liblcms2-utils –  2.16-2ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble liblcms2-2 –  2.14-2ubuntu0.1
liblcms2-utils –  2.14-2ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy liblcms2-2 –  2.12~rc1-2ubuntu0.1
liblcms2-utils –  2.12~rc1-2ubuntu0.1

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