TI-2018-04204 Aliases CVE-2018-5804 GHSA-hmwc-5f9q-3986

Incorrect type conversion in LibRaw

LOW 32CWE-369Published 2018-12-07 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-369.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01682 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed LibRaw: 0.18.8

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	LibRaw	before 0.18.8	0.18.8	Patch available	CNA

LibRaw Vendor— Affected before 0.18.8 Fixed in 0.18.8 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw::::::::	before 0.18.8	Vulnerable	LibRaw

cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.18.8 Vulnerable ·LibRaw

Remediation

Fix · CNA LibRaw Fixed in 0.18.8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-5804
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hmwc-5f9q-3986

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/9f26ce37f5be86ea11bfc6831366558650b1f6ff

Advisory 2

Other 1

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

TI-2026-04674 LibRaw TIFF/NEF decoders_libraw.cpp nikon_load_padded_packed_raw out-of-bounds CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2020-14361 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in LibRaw::stretch() function in libraw\src\postprocessing\aspect_ratio.cpp. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2026-04650 LibRaw JPEG DHT losslessjpeg.cpp initval out-of-bounds write CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2015-06888 The phase_one_correct function in Libraw before 0.17.1 allows attackers to cause memory… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-16934 A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the HuffTable::initval functionality… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-16915 Integer overflow in LibRaw CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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