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CVE-2018-5818

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5818 describes an infinite loop vulnerability in the "parse_rollei()" function of LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1, affecting Debian and LibRaw products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can be triggered remotely without user interaction, leading to a denial-of-service condition. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for impact remains.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.19.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0233 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (24)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-34/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28
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Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-memcached-rhel7:1.4.15-28
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: accountsservice-0:0.6.50-5.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: cairo-0:1.15.12-4.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: desktop-file-utils-0:0.23-2.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: glib2-0:2.56.1-5.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnome-boxes-0:3.28.5-4.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnome-documents-0:3.28.2-2.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnome-initial-setup-0:3.28.0-2.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnome-session-0:3.28.1-7.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnome-settings-daemon-0:3.28.1-4.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnome-shell-0:3.28.3-11.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnome-shell-extensions-0:3.28.1-7.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libgnomekbd-0:3.26.0-3.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libkdcraw-0:4.10.5-7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: LibRaw-0:0.19.2-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mutter-0:3.28.3-10.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: nautilus-0:3.26.3.1-6.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: pango-0:1.42.4-3.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: pidgin-0:2.10.11-8.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: plymouth-0:0.8.9-0.32.20140113.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: shotwell-0:0.28.4-2.el7
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xchat-1:2.8.8-24.el7
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-5818Low

LibRaw: DoS in parse_rollei function in internal/dcraw_common.cpp

Dec 13, 2018

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00036.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com / secunia_research/2018-27
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3989-1
libraw.org / news/libraw-0-19-2-release
Release NotesVendor Advisory