Vulnerability CVE-2017-16909
Published: 2018-12-07

Description:
An error related to the "LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw()" function (dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.6 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted TIFF image.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Libraw 0.18.5 Denial Of Service
Laurent Delosie...
13.12.2017

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Libraw -> Libraw 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/f1394822a0152ceed77815eafa5cac4e8baab10a
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76000/
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-19/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3615-1/
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