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CVE-2018-5801

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-12-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

An error within the "LibRaw::unpack()" function (src/libraw_cxx.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.7 can be exploited to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
• Debian Linux: 8.0
• LibRaw: before 0.18.7 — fixed in 0.18.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: LibRaw 0.18.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3065
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/0df5490b985c419de008d32168650bff17128914
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00036.html
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/79000/
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3615-1/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3065
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/0df5490b985c419de008d32168650bff17128914
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00036.html
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/79000/

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