Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libraw package, versions [,0.18.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBRAW-2369257
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Dec 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-5805  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libraw to version 0.18.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. A boundary error within the "quicktake_100_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.8 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash.

CVSS Scores

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