{"id":"CVE-2018-5809","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5809","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:27.564Z","title":"An error within the \"LibRaw::parse_exif()\" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and subsequently execute arbitrary code.","description":"An error within the \"LibRaw::parse_exif()\" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and subsequently execute arbitrary code.","published":"2018-12-07T22:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:00:49.000Z","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-787"],"affected":["libraw/libraw"],"epss":{"score":0.02786,"percentile":0.86333,"date":"2026-10-27","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 (2.79%). 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/fd6330292501983ac75fe4162275794b18445bd9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com"},{"url":"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81800/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com"},{"url":"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-9/","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/fd6330292501983ac75fe4162275794b18445bd9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81800/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-9/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5809","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."}