CVE-2016-10165 — The Type_MLU_Read function in cmstypes.c in Little CMS (aka lcms2) allows remote attackers to...

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

• Documented patch — www.openwall.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.openwall.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Littlecms Little Cms Color Engine…).
2. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
3. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
4. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
• Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 15, 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Affected products added · littlecms/little cms color engine, canonical/ubuntu linux, debian/debian linux, opensuse/leap, redhat/satellite, redhat/
  Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 7.1
  Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 15, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
• 2017
• CVE published
  Feb 3, 2017 · mitre

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 2× References added · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026

References

24 on the record

• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/23/1
  Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/14
  Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/commit/5ca71a7bc18b6897ab21d815d15e218e204581e2
  Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
  Patch, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.securitytracker.com/id/1039596
  Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2999
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2658.html
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3268
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10165
  GitHub Security Advisories
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3264
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• usn.ubuntu.com/3770-2/
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2079.html
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3453
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-2j4r-j436-59p3
  GitHub Security Advisories
• usn.ubuntu.com/3770-2
  GitHub Security Advisories
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3267
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3046
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171019-0001
  GitHub Security Advisories
• security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171019-0001/
  Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3774
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00174.html
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.securityfocus.com/bid/95808
  Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• usn.ubuntu.com/3770-1
  GitHub Security Advisories
• usn.ubuntu.com/3770-1/
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2016-10165 is "The Type_MLU_Read function in cmstypes.c in Little CMS (aka lcms2) allows remote attackers to...", rated High. It affects Ubuntu Linux (Canonical); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.1 describes technical severity. EPSS 2.76% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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