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CVE-2018-5809

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% 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

An error within the "LibRaw::parse_exif()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and subsequently execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• LibRaw: before 0.18.9 — fixed in 0.18.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: LibRaw 0.18.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/fd6330292501983ac75fe4162275794b18445bd9
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81800/
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-9/
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt
• https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/fd6330292501983ac75fe4162275794b18445bd9
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81800/
• https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-9/

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