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CVE-2018-5813

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5813 describes an infinite loop vulnerability in the parse_minolta() function of LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.11, affecting products like Canonical Ubuntu Linux and LibRaw itself. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely by an unauthenticated attacker through user interaction with a specially crafted file, leading to a denial of service. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is there any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.18.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0209 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: LibRaw
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: LibRaw

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-5813Low

libRaw: infinite loop in the parse_minolta function in dcraw/dcraw.c

Jul 19, 2018

References

github.com / LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt
Third Party Advisory
github.com / LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/e47384546b43d0fd536e933249047bc397a4d88b
PatchThird Party Advisory
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com / advisories/83050
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com / secunia_research/2018-13
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3838-1
Third Party Advisory