TI-2018-04208 Aliases CVE-2018-5808 GHSA-w62w-xxmq-vqhx

Out-of-bounds write in LibRaw

MEDIUM 43CWE-787Published 2018-12-07 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
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-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An error within the "find_green()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and subsequently execute arbitrary code.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02808 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed LibRaw: 0.18.9

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 0.18.9	0.18.9	Patch available	CNA

LibRaw Vendor— Affected before 0.18.9 Fixed in 0.18.9 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw::::::::	before 0.18.9	Vulnerable	LibRaw
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*	8.0	Vulnerable	Debian

cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.18.9 Vulnerable ·LibRaw
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Fix · CNA LibRaw Fixed in 0.18.9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-5808
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w62w-xxmq-vqhx

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/fd6330292501983ac75fe4162275794b18445bd9

Advisory 3

Other 1

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

Sources

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