CVE-2018-5811

LibRaw: out-of-bounds read in nikon_coolscan_load_raw in internal/dcraw_common.cpp

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · May 30, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An error within the "nikon_coolscan_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of LibRaw as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as they did not include the vulnerable code.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read