CVE-2018-5802
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 7, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
6 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An error within the "kodak_radc_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) related to the "buf" variable in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.7 can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 0.18.7
Affected range stops below 0.18.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3065x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txtx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/8682ad204392b914ab1cc6ebcca9c27c19c1a4b4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00036.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/79000/x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3615-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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