LibRaw CVE-2017-6886 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	98605
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-6886
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 15 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 22 2017 07:11AM
Credit:	Jakub Jirasek, 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-2017-6886 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

LibRaw is prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause a denial-of-service condition.

LibRaw 0.18.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

LibRaw CVE-2017-6886 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-2017-6886 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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

LibRaw CVE-2017-6886 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

References:

• CVE-2017-6886 (Redhat)
  
• LibRaw Homepage (LibRaw)
  
• Secunia SA75000 advisory: several buffer overruns (Github)
  
• Bug 1451640 - (CVE-2017-6886) CVE-2017-6886 libraw: Memory corruption in the par (Redhat)
  
• LibRaw 0.18.2 (libraw)