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CVE-2018-5805

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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-787

Description

A boundary error within the "quicktake_100_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.8 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash.

Affected products

• LibRaw: before 0.18.8 — fixed in 0.18.8
• 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 0.18.8. 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/9f26ce37f5be86ea11bfc6831366558650b1f6ff
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81000/
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-3/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3065
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/9f26ce37f5be86ea11bfc6831366558650b1f6ff
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81000/
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-3/

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