CVE-2018-5817

HIGH

LibRaw < 0.19.1 - Denial of Service via Type Confusion in unpacked_load_raw()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A type confusion error within the "unpacked_load_raw()" function within LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1 (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.libraw.org/news/libraw-0-19-2-release
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00036.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3989-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0250
EPSS Percentile 82.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-704
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
libraw/libraw < 0.19.1
Published Feb 20, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026