6.5

CVE-2018-5801: canonical ubuntu_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2019-0017UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5801DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5801
Published 07-12-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5801 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.04%
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 8 · Related 5
DLA-1734-1DLA-2903-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10712-1RHSA-2018:3065SUSE-SU-2018:3343-1SUSE-SU-2022:1277-1

Timeline

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

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.04% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.04%

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
Mageia1 product
  • dcraw< 9.27.0-1.1.mga6

6 vendors · 15 products

References

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