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CVE-2025-29070

HIGHCVSS 7.5/10EPSS 0.84%

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CVE-2025-29070 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in thesmooth2() in cmsgamma.c in lcms2-2.16 which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. NOTE: the Supplier disputes this because "this is not exploitable as this function is never called on normal color management, is there only as a helper for low-level programming and investigation.". EPSS estimates a 0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in thesmooth2() in cmsgamma.c in lcms2-2.16 which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. NOTE: the Supplier disputes this because "this is not exploitable as this function is never called on normal color management, is there only as a helper for low-level programming and investigation."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
7.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability
0.84%

53.3th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Deferred

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-29070?
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in thesmooth2() in cmsgamma.c in lcms2-2.16 which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. NOTE: the Supplier disputes this because "this is not exploitable as this function is never called on normal color management, is there only as a helper for low-level programming and investigation."
How severe is CVE-2025-29070?
CVE-2025-29070 has a CVSS score of 7.5/10 (HIGH severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.84% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2025-29070?
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Source: NVD / NIST