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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-20337

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp in LibRaw 0.19.1. Crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:56 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-20337

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Dec 2018, 09:29 UTC

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp in LibRaw 0.19.1. Crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

osv:CVE-2018-20337
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20337",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "There is a stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp in LibRaw 0.19.1. Crafted input will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-20337",
    "products": [],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:52.402768396Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3989-1/",
        "https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/192"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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