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CVE-2018-5801 json

An error within the "LibRaw::unpack()" function (src/libraw_cxx.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.7 can be exploited to trigger a NULL…

published 2018-12-07 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17568

cvss
6.5
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 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An error within the "LibRaw::unpack()" function (src/libraw_cxx.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.7 can be exploited to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Patch / fix

  • libraw libraw 0.18.7
  • libraw Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.18.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5801

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5801

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

  • libkdcraw RHEL 7 4.10.5-5.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3065

  • dcraw SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 9.28.0-3.3.1
  • dcraw openSUSE Leap 15.3 9.28.0-150000.3.3.1
  • libraw SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 0.15.4-21.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1749-1SUSE-SU-2022:1277-1SUSE-SU-2018:3343-1

  • dcraw openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.28.0-1.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10712-1

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-2018-5801 updated cvss 3.3

LibRaw: NULL pointer dereference in LibRaw::unpack function src/libraw_cxx.cpp

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 dcraw
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 dcraw
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 LibRaw
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libkdcraw 4.10.5-5.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libkdcraw-devel 4.10.5-5.el7, libkdcraw-debuginfo 4.10.5-5.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) libkdcraw 4.10.5-5.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libkdcraw 4.10.5-5.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libkdcraw 4.10.5-5.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3065
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 dcraw Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 dcraw, LibRaw
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a LibRaw

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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