Memory corruption in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01479 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 (LibRaw): 0.18.2
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 (LibRaw) Fixed in 0.18.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-6890
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h3rm-p42x-h7h7
References
More Libraw-demosaic-pack-gpl2 vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-04621 Integer overflow in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-6890 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-6890 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h3rm-p42x-h7h7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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