#VU12526 Stack-based buffer overflow in LibRaw - CVE-2018-10528

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12526

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [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:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10528

CWE-ID: CWE-121

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
LibRaw
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: LibRaw LLC

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

The weakness exists in the X3F parser due to a stack-based buffer overflow condition in the utf2char function, as defined in the libraw_cxx.cpp file. A local attacker can execute a specially crafted file and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation
Update to version 0.18.10.

Vulnerable software versions

LibRaw: 0.18.9

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External links
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/144
https://www.libraw.org/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.