7.5

CVE-2018-5817: debian debian_linux Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-5817DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5817
Published 20-02-2019Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5817 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.50%
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 6 · Related 4
DLA-1734-1DLA-2903-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0094-1SUSE-SU-2019:0127-1SUSE-SU-2019:0133-1USN-3989-1

Timeline

  1. 20-02-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A type confusion error within the "unpacked_load_raw()" function within LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1 (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.50% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.50%

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< 0.17.1-1ubuntu0.5 | < 0.18.8-1ubuntu0.3
Debian2 products
Flexera software llc1 product
Libraw1 product

4 vendors · 11 products

References

9 links