8.8

CVE-2018-5805: libraw Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5805DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5805
Published 07-12-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5805 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in libraw. EPSS estimates a 1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.98%
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 7 · Related 4
DLA-2903-1MGASA-2022-0160OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11997-1RHSA-2018:3065SUSE-SU-2019:0002-1SUSE-SU-2022:1277-1

Timeline

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

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.98%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.98% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.98%

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
Debian1 product
  • libraw< 0.18.8-1
Libraw1 product

4 vendors · 12 products

References

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