{"id":"CVE-2017-16909","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16909","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:54:44.382Z","title":"An error related to the \"LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw()\" function (dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.6 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted TIFF image.","description":"An error related to the \"LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw()\" function (dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.6 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted TIFF image.","published":"2018-12-07T22:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:10:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["libraw/libraw","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01984,"percentile":0.80509,"date":"2026-10-28","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/f1394822a0152ceed77815eafa5cac4e8baab10a","tags":["Patch"],"source":"PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com"},{"url":"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76000/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com"},{"url":"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-19/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3615-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/f1394822a0152ceed77815eafa5cac4e8baab10a","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76000/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-19/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3615-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16909","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}