What is CVE-2023-1729?

CVE-2023-1729 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libraw, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-1729?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-1729 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Libraw

CVE-2023-1729

A flaw was found in LibRaw. A heap-buffer-overflow in raw2image_ex() caused by a maliciously crafted file may lead to an application crash.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-05-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libraw
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37, 38
Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Libraw — versions LibRaw 0.21.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/557 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00025.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5412 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-08 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1729?: CVE-2023-1729 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libraw, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-1729?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-1729 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.