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CVE-2018-5811 json

An error within the "nikon_coolscan_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17578

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An error within the "nikon_coolscan_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash.

Patch / fix

  • libraw libraw 0.18.9
  • libraw Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.18.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5811

  • libraw Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.17.1-1ubuntu0.4
  • libraw Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.18.8-1ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5811

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

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-5811 updated cvss 4.4

LibRaw: out-of-bounds read in nikon_coolscan_load_raw in internal/dcraw_common.cpp

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 LibRaw Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 LibRaw
    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

1.93% 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 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

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