CVE-2017-16909: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An error related to the "LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw()" function (dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.6 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted TIFF image.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 17.10 only
• Libraw Libraw: before 0.18.6 (fixed in 0.18.6)

Published 2018-12-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.