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CVE-2017-6886 json

An error within the "parse_tiff_ifd()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions before 0.18.2 can be exploited to corrupt me…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-15940

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An error within the "parse_tiff_ifd()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions before 0.18.2 can be exploited to corrupt memory.

Patch / fix

  • libraw Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.18.2-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6886

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6886

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 0.15.4-9.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2300-1

  • libraw openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.20.2-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10980-1

  • libraw Alpine 3.6, Alpine 3.5, Alpine 3.4 +1 more 0.17.2-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-6886

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-6886 updated cvss 3.3

libraw: Memory corruption in the parse_tiff_ifd()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 LibRaw
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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

3.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • LibRaw LibRaw

Classification

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

References

Sources

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