LibRaw CVE-2017-6887 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	98592
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-6887
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 11 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 22 2017 07:11AM
Credit:	Hossein Lotfi, Secunia Research at Flexera Software.
Vulnerable:	LibRaw LibRaw 0.18.1 Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:	LibRaw LibRaw 0.18.2

LibRaw CVE-2017-6887 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

LibRaw is prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the user running the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will likely cause denial-of-service conditions.

LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.2 are vulnerable.

LibRaw CVE-2017-6887 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

LibRaw CVE-2017-6887 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

LibRaw CVE-2017-6887 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

References:

• Bug 1451642 - (CVE-2017-6887) CVE-2017-6887 libraw: Boundary error in the parse_ (Redhat)
  
• LibRaw Homepage (LibRaw)
  
• Secunia SA75000 advisory: several buffer overruns (Github)
  
• CVE-2017-6887 (Redhat)
  
• LibRaw "parse_tiff_ifd()" Memory Corruption Vulnerability (Secunia)