8.8

CVE-2018-5809: libraw Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5809DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5809
Published 07-12-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5809 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in libraw. EPSS estimates a 2.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.2% 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
2.79%
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 0 · Related 1
USN-3838-1

Timeline

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

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.79% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.79%

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< 0.15.4-1ubuntu0.3 | < 0.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 | < 0.18.8-1ubuntu0.2
Debian1 product
  • libraw< 0.18.11-1
Libraw1 product

3 vendors · 9 products

References

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