NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libkdcraw package, versions <0:4.10.5-5.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBKDCRAW-2109624
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Mar 2018

Introduced: 14 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-5806  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 libkdcraw to version 0:4.10.5-5.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libkdcraw package and not the libkdcraw package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An error within the "leaf_hdr_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.8 can be exploited to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.