6.5

CVE-2018-5800: canonical ubuntu_linux Off-by-one Error

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5800DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5800
Published 07-12-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5800 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Off-by-one Error vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.55%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 07-12-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An off-by-one error within the "LibRaw::kodak_ycbcr_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.7 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.55% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu7 products
  • darktableAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • dcrawAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • exactimageAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • kodiAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • libraw< 0.15.4-1ubuntu0.2 | < 0.17.1-1ubuntu0.2
Redhat3 products
Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Libraw1 product

5 vendors · 14 products

References

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