dcraw up to 9.28 kodak_radc_load_raw memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in dcraw up to 9.28. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects the function kodak_radc_load_raw. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-19568. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in dcraw up to 9.28. Affected by this vulnerability is the function kodak_radc_load_raw. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A floating point exception in kodak_radc_load_raw in dcraw through 9.28 could be used by attackers able to supply malicious files to crash an application that bundles the dcraw code.

The bug was discovered 11/23/2018. The weakness was presented 11/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-19568 since 11/26/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-127150, VDB-127151 and VDB-127152 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• dcraw

Version

• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.2
• 9.3
• 9.4
• 9.5
• 9.6
• 9.7
• 9.8
• 9.9
• 9.10
• 9.11
• 9.12
• 9.13
• 9.14
• 9.15
• 9.16
• 9.17
• 9.18
• 9.19
• 9.20
• 9.21
• 9.22
• 9.23
• 9.24
• 9.25
• 9.26
• 9.27
• 9.28

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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