CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16909
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-12-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
An error related to the "LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw()" function (dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.6 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted TIFF image.
Affected configurations
• libraw libraw (< 0.18.6)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt Release Notes
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/f1394822a0152ceed77815eafa5cac4e8baab10a Patch
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76000/ Third Party Advisory
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-19/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3615-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt Release Notes
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/f1394822a0152ceed77815eafa5cac4e8baab10a Patch
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76000/ Third Party Advisory
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-19/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3615-1/ Third Party Advisory