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CVE-2009-0723

Affected software4 products, listed below
Severity9.3 High CVSS 2.0
WeaknessInteger overflow (CWE-190)
Published23 Mar 2009
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Multiple integer overflows in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox 3.1beta, OpenJDK, and GIMP, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 17 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 5.0% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

4 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd gimp gimp generic < 2.9.2
nvd littlecms little cms generic ≤ 1.17
nvd mozilla firefox generic 3.1:beta1
nvd sun openjdk generic ≤ 7

References

URLTags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0377 ADVISORY, RHSA-2009:0377
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0723 REPORT, RHSA-2009:0377
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-003.html Exploit
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/03/littlecms-vulnerabilities.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/34367 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34382 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34400 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34408 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34418 Broken Link

Timeline

Published2009-03-23By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.