High severity · published Feb 20, 2019
CVE-2018-5818
An error within the "parse_rollei()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) within LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1 can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop
7.5
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An error within the "parse_rollei()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) within LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1 can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libraw · Libraw
before 0.19.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5818
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5818
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-27/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3989-1/
Release Notes
https://www.libraw.org/news/libraw-0-19-2-release
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