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CVE-2018-5801

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 07, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5801
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

An error within the LibRaw::unpack() function (src/libraw_cxx.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.7 can be exploited to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibrawLibraw*0.18.7 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatlibkdcraw-0:4.10.5-5.el7*
DarktableUbuntuartful*
DarktableUbuntubionic*
DarktableUbuntucosmic*
DarktableUbuntudisco*
DarktableUbuntueoan*
DarktableUbuntufocal*
DarktableUbuntugroovy*
DarktableUbuntuhirsute*
DarktableUbuntuimpish*
DarktableUbuntukinetic*
DarktableUbuntulunar*
DarktableUbuntumantic*
DarktableUbuntuoracular*
DarktableUbuntuplucky*
DarktableUbuntutrusty*
DarktableUbuntuxenial*
DcrawUbuntuartful*
DcrawUbuntubionic*
DcrawUbuntucosmic*
DcrawUbuntudisco*
DcrawUbuntueoan*
DcrawUbuntufocal*
DcrawUbuntugroovy*
DcrawUbuntuhirsute*
DcrawUbuntuimpish*
DcrawUbuntukinetic*
DcrawUbuntulunar*
DcrawUbuntumantic*
DcrawUbuntuoracular*
DcrawUbuntuplucky*
DcrawUbuntutrusty*
DcrawUbuntuxenial*
ExactimageUbuntuartful*
ExactimageUbuntubionic*
ExactimageUbuntucosmic*
ExactimageUbuntudisco*
ExactimageUbuntueoan*
ExactimageUbuntufocal*
ExactimageUbuntugroovy*
ExactimageUbuntuhirsute*
ExactimageUbuntuimpish*
ExactimageUbuntukinetic*
ExactimageUbuntulunar*
ExactimageUbuntumantic*
ExactimageUbuntuoracular*
ExactimageUbuntuplucky*
ExactimageUbuntutrusty*
ExactimageUbuntuxenial*
KodiUbuntuartful*
KodiUbuntubionic*
KodiUbuntucosmic*
KodiUbuntudisco*
KodiUbuntueoan*
KodiUbuntufocal*
KodiUbuntugroovy*
KodiUbuntuhirsute*
KodiUbuntuimpish*
KodiUbuntukinetic*
KodiUbuntulunar*
KodiUbuntumantic*
KodiUbuntuoracular*
KodiUbuntuplucky*
KodiUbuntuxenial*
LibrawUbuntuartful*
LibrawUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
LibrawUbuntutrusty*
LibrawUbuntuupstream*
LibrawUbuntuxenial*
RawtherapeeUbuntuartful*
RawtherapeeUbuntubionic*
RawtherapeeUbuntucosmic*
RawtherapeeUbuntudisco*
RawtherapeeUbuntueoan*
RawtherapeeUbuntufocal*
RawtherapeeUbuntugroovy*
RawtherapeeUbuntuhirsute*
RawtherapeeUbuntuimpish*
RawtherapeeUbuntukinetic*
RawtherapeeUbuntulunar*
RawtherapeeUbuntumantic*
RawtherapeeUbuntuoracular*
RawtherapeeUbuntuplucky*
RawtherapeeUbuntutrusty*
RawtherapeeUbuntuxenial*
UfrawUbuntuartful*
UfrawUbuntubionic*
UfrawUbuntucosmic*
UfrawUbuntudisco*
UfrawUbuntutrusty*
UfrawUbuntuxenial*
XbmcUbuntutrusty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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