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CVE-2018-5817 (GCVE-0-2018-5817)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-02-20 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:15
VLAI
Summary
A type confusion error within the "unpacked_load_raw()" function within LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1 (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • DoS (Denial of Service) via infinite loop
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Flexera Software LLC LibRaw Affected: 0.19.0 and prior
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Date Public
2018-12-13 00:00
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