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CVE-2018-5804 json

A type confusion error within the "identify()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.8 can be exploited to…

published 2018-12-07 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17571

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A type confusion error within the "identify()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.8 can be exploited to trigger a division by zero.

Patch / fix

  • libraw libraw 0.18.8
  • libraw Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.18.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5804

  • libraw Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.17.1-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5804

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 SLE Workstation Extension 15 0.18.9-3.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0005-1

  • libraw openSUSE Leap 15.0 0.18.9-lp150.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:0008-1

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-2018-5804 updated cvss 3.3

LibRaw: type confusion error in identify() function in internal/dcraw_common.cpp

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 dcraw Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 dcraw Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 dcraw, LibRaw, libkdcraw Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 dcraw, LibRaw
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% 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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