diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 0026e85a31..26933d4a28 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/kobodeluxe-midicon-segmentation-fault.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/kobodeluxe-graphics-window-signed-char.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/laby-make-install.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/lcms-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/ldc-disable-tests.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/liba52-enable-pic.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/liba52-link-with-libm.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm b/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
index 46b8c51299..a00448a8c6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 (define-public lcms
   (package
    (name "lcms")
+   (replacement lcms/fixed)
    (version "2.6")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
@@ -58,6 +59,14 @@ Consortium standard (ICC), approved as ISO 15076-1.")
    (license license:x11)
    (home-page "http://www.littlecms.com/")))
 
+(define lcms/fixed
+  (package
+    (inherit lcms)
+    (source
+      (origin
+        (inherit (package-source lcms))
+        (patches (search-patches "lcms-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch"))))))
+
 (define-public libpaper
   (package
    (name "libpaper")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/lcms-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/lcms-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9f7ac6a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/lcms-fix-out-of-bounds-read.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Fix an out-of-bounds heap read in Type_MLU_Read():
+
+http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/288
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1367357
+
+Patch copied from upstream source repository:
+
+https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS/commit/5ca71a7bc18b6897ab21d815d15e218e204581e2
+
+From 5ca71a7bc18b6897ab21d815d15e218e204581e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Marti <marti.maria@tktbrainpower.com>
+Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:31:39 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Added an extra check to MLU bounds
+
+Thanks to Ibrahim el-sayed for spotting the bug
+---
+ src/cmstypes.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/cmstypes.c b/src/cmstypes.c
+index cb61860..c7328b9 100644
+--- a/src/cmstypes.c
++++ b/src/cmstypes.c
+@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@ void *Type_MLU_Read(struct _cms_typehandler_struct* self, cmsIOHANDLER* io, cmsU
+ 
+         // Check for overflow
+         if (Offset < (SizeOfHeader + 8)) goto Error;
++        if ((Offset + Len) > SizeOfTag + 8) goto Error;
+ 
+         // True begin of the string
+         BeginOfThisString = Offset - SizeOfHeader - 8;
+-- 
+2.11.0
+