`CVE-2026-41254` Little CMS

Affected software	Little CMS
Severity	7.5 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Weakness	Integer overflow (CWE-190)
Published	18 Apr 2026
Updated	26 Oct 2026

Description

Little CMS (lcms2) through 2.18 has an integer overflow in CubeSize in cmslut.c because the overflow check is performed after the multiplication.

CWE-696

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 0.36% 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	A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE
Finding	A researcher set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope.

Decided by

A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

Finding

A researcher set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope.

Waratek research note

written 2026-11-13

Written by a Waratek engineer who reviewed this CVE. Their decision sets the status above, ahead of every automated rule except a withdrawal.

C-code issue, can't be addressed by Waratek.

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 3.1 4.0 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L cve@mitre.org Secondary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	7.5	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 3.1	4.0	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L`	cve@mitre.org	Secondary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2026 ↗	CPU	2026-Q3	Oracle Java SE / 2D (Little CMS) (Oracle Java SE: 8u491, 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.19, 21.0.11; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.18) Oracle's note: This vulnerability can be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. This vulnerability also applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security.

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2026 ↗

CPU

2026-Q3

Oracle Java SE / 2D (Little CMS) (Oracle Java SE: 8u491, 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.19, 21.0.11; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.18)
Oracle's note: This vulnerability can be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. This vulnerability also applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security.

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Java SE	2D (Little CMS)	Oracle Java SE: 8u491, 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.19, 21.0.11; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.18	8.0.491.0 · 11.0.31.0 · 17.0.19.0 · 21.0.11.0 · 21.3.18.0 · 25.0.3.0 · 26.0.1.0

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Java SE

2D (Little CMS)

Oracle Java SE: 8u491, 11.0.31, 17.0.19, 21.0.11, 25.0.3, 26.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.19, 21.0.11; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.18

8.0.491.0 · 11.0.31.0 · 17.0.19.0 · 21.0.11.0 · 21.3.18.0 · 25.0.3.0 · 26.0.1.0

Products and versions

1 product, 1 version entry

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	littlecms	little cms	generic	≤ 2.18

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

littlecms

little cms

generic

≤ 2.18

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42876	ADVISORY, RHSA-2026:42876
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41254	REPORT, RHSA-2026:42876
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42877	ADVISORY, RHSA-2026:42877
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42880	ADVISORY, RHSA-2026:42880
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42887	ADVISORY, RHSA-2026:42887
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42895	ADVISORY, RHSA-2026:42895
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42899	ADVISORY, RHSA-2026:42899
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52948	ADVISORY, RHSA-2026:52948
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52949	ADVISORY, RHSA-2026:52949
https://abhinavagarwal07.github.io/posts/lcms2-cubesize-overflow/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

URL

Timeline

Published	2026-04-18	By the CVE Program.
Last VRT activity	2026-07-22	Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.
NVD record modified	2026-10-26	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.
Classification created	2026-11-13	First commit adding this CVE's research note.

Published

2026-04-18

By the CVE Program.

Last VRT activity

2026-07-22

Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.

NVD record modified

2026-10-26

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Classification created

2026-11-13

First commit adding this CVE's research note.

How VRT decided (4 of 24 rules ran)

4 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification decided it matched Outside Waratek scope A researcher set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope.

5 manual classification not reached Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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