Infinite loop in LibRaw - CVE-2018-5816
Published: December 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16664
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5816
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero integer overflow condition in the identify() function, as defined in the internal/dcraw_common.cpp source code file in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.12. A remote attacker can trick the victim into processing a specially crafted NOKIARAW file, trigger an infinite loop condition and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
LibRaw
Opensuse
Fedora
mingw-LibRaw
Opensuse
Fedora
mingw-LibRaw
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5816
Install update from vendor's website.
LibRaw - update to 0.18.12
mingw-LibRaw - addressed in versions 0.18.13-2.fc27, 0.18.13-2.fc28
mingw-LibRaw - addressed in versions 0.18.13-2.fc27, 0.18.13-2.fc28