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FreeBSD: VID-C60804F1-126F-11E8-8B5B-4CCC6ADDA413 (CVE-2017-16909): libraw -- multiple DoS vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-C60804F1-126F-11E8-8B5B-4CCC6ADDA413 (CVE-2017-16909): libraw -- multiple DoS vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/04/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/16/2018
Modified
05/03/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-libraw

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