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CVE-2018-5815

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5815 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the parse_qt() function of LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.12, affecting products like Canonical Ubuntu Linux and LibRaw itself. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely with low complexity by an unauthenticated attacker via a specially crafted Apple QuickTime file, leading to an infinite loop and denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting low current threat visibility.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.18.12CPE 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: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0219 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-5815Moderate

LibRaw: Integer overflow in internal/dcraw_common.cpp:parse_qt() allows for denial of service

Jul 22, 2018

References

github.com / LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt
Third Party Advisory
github.com / LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/1334647862b0c90b2e8cb2f668e66627d9517b17
PatchThird Party Advisory
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com / advisories/83507
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com / secunia_research/2018-14
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3838-1
Third Party Advisory