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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-5816

An integer overflow error within the "identify()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.12 can be exploited to trigger a division by zero via specially crafted NOKIARAW file (Note: This vulnerability is caused due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2018-5804).

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CVE-2018-5816

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Dec 2018, 22:29 UTC

An integer overflow error within the "identify()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.12 can be exploited to trigger a division by zero via specially crafted NOKIARAW file (Note: This vulnerability is caused due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2018-5804).

osv:CVE-2018-5816
Complete source record
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