Out-of-bounds read in LibRaw - CVE-2017-16910

 

Out-of-bounds read in LibRaw - CVE-2017-16910

Published: April 12, 2018 / Updated: January 3, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11800
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16910
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: LibRaw LLC
Affected software:
LibRaw

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to incorrect handling of photo files. A local attacker can send specially crafted files, trigger invalid read memory access in the LibRaw::xtrans_interpolate() function and cause the service to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-16910

Install update from vendor's website.

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