CVSS 3.0
8.8 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2018-5809
An error within the "LibRaw::parse_exif()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and subsequently execute arbitrary code.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-787
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- libraw:libraw
References
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/fd6330292501983ac75fe4162275794b18445bd9
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81800/
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-9/
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt