# CVE-2025-29069: A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the lcms2-2.16.

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-04-01 · Updated: 2025-04-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the lcms2-2.16. The vulnerability exists in the UnrollChunkyBytes function in cmspack.c, which is responsible for handling color space transformations. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because the finding identified a bug in a third-party calling program, not in lcms.

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## References

- https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/issues/476
- https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/issues/476#issuecomment-2696670843
- https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/issues/476#issuecomment-2770644813

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