What is CVE-2017-14608?

CVE-2017-14608 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libraw, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2017-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-14608?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Libraw

CVE-2017-14608

In LibRaw through 0.18.4, an out of bounds read flaw related to kodak_65000_load_raw has been reported in dcraw/dcraw.c and internal/dcraw_common.cpp. An attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to disclose potentially sensitive memory or cause an application crash.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libraw

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/d13e8f6d1e987b7491182040a188c16a395f1d21 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/101 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14608?: CVE-2017-14608 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libraw, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2017-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-14608?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.