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CVE-2017-16909 json

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 c…

published 2018-12-07 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8079

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libraw libraw 0.18.6
  • libraw Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.18.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16909

  • libraw Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.15.4-1ubuntu0.2
  • libraw Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.17.1-1ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16909

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libraw SLED 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP2, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3 +3 more 0.15.4-16.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3392-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-16909 updated cvss 3.3

libraw: Heap-buffer overflow in the LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw() function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 dcraw Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 dcraw Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 dcraw, LibRaw
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libkdcraw
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a LibRaw

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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