CVE-2018-5816

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2018-5816 · Published 07/12/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-5816 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting libraw (libraw).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 81.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.18.12 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libraw libraw	`< 0.18.12`	`0.18.12`

Description

An integer overflow error within the "identify()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.12 can be exploited to trigger a division by zero via specially crafted NOKIARAW file (Note: This vulnerability is caused due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2018-5804).

References

LibRaw/LibRaw · Third Party Advisory
LibRaw/LibRaw commit 1d8d1b4 · Patch
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/83507 · Permissions Required
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-14 · Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3838-1 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

libraw

< 0.18.12

0.18.12

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