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CVE-2017-6887

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

A boundary error within the "parse_tiff_ifd()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a memory corruption via e.g. a specially crafted KDC file with model set to "DSLR-A100" and containing multiple sequences of 0x100 and 0x14A TAGs.

Affected products

• LibRaw: through 0.18.1

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3950
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98592
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/d7c3d2cb460be10a3ea7b32e9443a83c243b2251
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/75737/
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-6/
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3950
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98592
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/d7c3d2cb460be10a3ea7b32e9443a83c243b2251
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/75737/
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-6/

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