SB2018122609 - Fedora 29 update for LibRaw

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SB2018122609 - Fedora 29 update for LibRaw

Published: December 26, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018122609
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.


1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20337)

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

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


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

The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted input, trigger memory corruption and perform DoS attack.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20363)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in libraw_cxx.cpp in. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted input and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20364)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in libraw_cxx.cpp. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted input and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20365)

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


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

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in libraw_cxx.cpp. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted input, trigger memory corruption and perform DoS attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References