High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6887
CVE-2017-6887
Description
A boundary error within the "parse_tiff_ifd()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a memory corruption via e.g. a specially crafted KDC file with model set to "DSLR-A100" and containing multiple sequences of 0x100 and 0x14A TAGs.
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Affected products
9- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libraw&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libraw&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libraw&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libraw&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libraw&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libraw&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libraw&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 0.20.2-4.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.20.2-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.4-9.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.4-9.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.4-9.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.4-9.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.4-9.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.15.4-9.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/d7c3d2cb460be10a3ea7b32e9443a83c243b2251nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98592nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/75737/nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-6/nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3950nvd
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