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CVE-2018-5808
An error within the "find_green()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to cause a…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An error within the "find_green()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and subsequently execute arbitrary code.
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
LibRaw
- affected Prior to 0.18.9
References
5
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 81800 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/fd6330292501983ac75fe4162275794b18445bd9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-9/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190328 [SECURITY] [DLA 1734-1] libraw security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-17575 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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