Infinite loop in LibRaw - CVE-2018-5817
Published: February 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17351
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-2018-5817
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the unpacked_load_raw function of dcraw_common.cpp. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted input and perform DoS attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5817
Install updates from vendor's website.