Out-of-bounds write in LibRaw - CVE-2018-5802
Published: April 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11768
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5802
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LibRaw LLC
Affected software:
LibRaw
LibRaw
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists in the "kodak_radc_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) related to the "buf" variable due to incorrect handling of photo files. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted photo file, trigger out-of-bounds write and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists in the "kodak_radc_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) related to the "buf" variable due to incorrect handling of photo files. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted photo file, trigger out-of-bounds write and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5802
Update to version 0.18.7.