CVE-2017-16909

high

Description

An error related to the "LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw()" function (dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.6 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted TIFF image.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3615-1/

https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-19/

https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76000/

https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/f1394822a0152ceed77815eafa5cac4e8baab10a

https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-12-07

Updated: 2018-12-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High