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CVE-2018-5817
A type confusion error within the "unpacked_load_raw()" function within LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1 (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) can be…
High7.5EPSS 2.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- flexera
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- DoS (Denial of Service) via infinite loop
- CWE-704 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-704 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 0.19.0 and prior
References (4)
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-27/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.libraw.org/news/libraw-0-19-2-release (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190328 [SECURITY] [DLA 1734-1] libraw security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3989-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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