Infinite loop in LibRaw - CVE-2018-5813
Published: December 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16353
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5813
CWE-ID: CWE-835
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.
The vulnerability exists due to due to improper parsing of files by the parse_minolta() function, as defined in the dcraw.c source code file of the affected software. A remote attacker can send trick the victim into accessing a file that submits malicious input, trigger an infinite loop condition that causes the affected software to crash or become unresponsive.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5813
Update to version 0.18.11.