CVE-2018-19568 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash applications using the dcraw library by supplying malicious image files, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-19568?
CVE-2018-19568 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19568?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dcraw Project Dcraw.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19568?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-19568 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19568 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19568, GHSA-j78c-p6vw-qcr3, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19568.