Medium
Security advisory
An integer overflow error within the "parse_qt()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.12 can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop via a specially crafted Apple QuickTime file.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-5815
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An integer overflow error within the "parse_qt()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.12 can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop via a specially crafted Apple QuickTime file.
osv:CVE-2018-5815
Complete source record
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