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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-6890 json

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a huffman table in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 b…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-15944

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a huffman table in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • 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

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Exploit prediction

1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% 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-demosaic-pack-GPL2

Classification

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

References

Sources

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