CVE-2017-16909 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Libraw

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow9 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LibrawDebian LibrawCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 7
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An error related to the "LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw()" function (dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.6 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted TIFF image.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlibraw/libraw< 0.18.6
▶debiandebian/libraw< libraw 0.18.6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibraw/libraw< 0.18.6-1+3
▶CVEListV5libraw/librawPrior to 0.18.6

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-g6m7-c354-x2mp: An error related to the "LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw()" function (dcraw_common↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-16909: An error related to the "LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw()" function (dcraw_common↗2018-12-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
LibRaw vulnerabilities↗2018-04-03
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Red Hat
libraw: Heap-buffer overflow in the LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw() function↗2017-12-08
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Debian
CVE-2017-16909: libraw - An error related to the "LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw()" function (dcraw_common.cp...↗2017
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-16909 libraw: Heap-buffer overflow in the LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw() function↗2017-12-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14265 CVE-2017-14348 CVE-2017-14608 CVE-2017-16909 CVE-2017-16910 LibRaw: various flaws [epel-6]↗2017-09-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-14265 CVE-2017-14348 CVE-2017-14608 CVE-2017-16909 CVE-2017-16910 dcraw: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-09-15
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