Input validation error in LibRaw - CVE-2018-5819
Published: February 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17353
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-2018-5819
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 in the parse_sinar_ia function
of dcraw_common.cpp due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted input and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5819
Install updates from vendor's website.