Fedora 27 update for mingw-LibRaw

Published: 2018-05-07 | Updated: 2025-04-24

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2018-10528 CVE-2018-10529
CWE-ID	CWE-121 CWE-125
Exploitation vector	Local
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system mingw-LibRaw Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Stack-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU12526

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10528

CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the X3F parser due to a stack-based buffer overflow condition in the utf2char function, as defined in the libraw_cxx.cpp file. A local attacker can execute a specially crafted file and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 27

mingw-LibRaw: before 0.18.10-1.fc27

CPE2.3

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-ccb2cc96be

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU12525