Bug 1553334 (CVE-2018-5801) - CVE-2018-5801 LibRaw: NULL pointer dereference in LibRaw::unpack function src/libraw_cxx.cpp
Summary: CVE-2018-5801 LibRaw: NULL pointer dereference in LibRaw::unpack function src...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-5801
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1543597 1557157 1557158 1557159 1557160 1557161 1557162 1557163 1557165 1557170 1557171 1557172 1557173
Blocks: 1553339
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Reported: 2018-03-08 17:14 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:40 UTC (History)
15 users (show)

Fixed In Version: LibRaw 0.18.7
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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way LibRaw processed images. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash applications using LibRaw by tricking them into processing crafted images.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:17:14 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3065 0 None None None 2018-10-30 07:29:14 UTC

Description Pedro Sampaio 2018-03-08 17:14:05 UTC 
An error within the "LibRaw::unpack()" function (src/libraw_cxx.cpp) can be exploited to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

External References:

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146172/secunia-libraw.txt

Upstream Patch:

https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/8682ad204392b91
Comment 3 Dhiru Kholia 2018-03-16 06:38:15 UTC 
Created mingw-LibRaw tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1557159]


Created dcraw tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1557160]


Created LibRaw tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1557157]


Created rawtherapee tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1557163]


Created libkdcraw tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1557161]


Created LibRaw tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-6 [bug 1557162]
Comment 7 Debarshi Ray 2018-09-27 13:49:44 UTC 
This was fixed in LibRaw-0.18.7. The commit message has 7 typoed as 17.
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 07:29:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:3065 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3065
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