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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Little CMS Critical Denial Of Service CVE-2026-41254

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Little CMS on Ubuntu systems is vulnerable to crash or remote code execution. Update packages to mitigate this risk.
Little CMS could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted ICC profile.

Summary

Little CMS could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a

specially crafted ICC profile.

Software Description:

- lcms2: Little CMS color management library

Details:

USN-8209-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Little CMS. This update contains the

fixes for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory 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.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  liblcms2-2                      2.9-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  liblcms2-dev                    2.9-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  liblcms2-utils                  2.9-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  liblcms2-2                      2.9-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  liblcms2-dev                    2.9-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  liblcms2-utils                  2.9-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  liblcms2-2                      2.6-3ubuntu2.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  liblcms2-dev                    2.6-3ubuntu2.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  liblcms2-utils                  2.6-3ubuntu2.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  liblcms2-2                      2.5-0ubuntu4.2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  liblcms2-dev                    2.5-0ubuntu4.2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  liblcms2-utils                  2.5-0ubuntu4.2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8209-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8209-1

CVE-2026-41254

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8209-2

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