What is CVE-2018-5818?

CVE-2018-5818 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libraw, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-5818?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-5818 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Libraw

CVE-2018-5818

An error within the "parse_rollei()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) within LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1 can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop.

EPSS: 0.023 (81.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libraw
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5818?: CVE-2018-5818 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libraw, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-5818?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5818 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.