CVE-2018-5812: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An error within the "nikon_coolscan_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only
• Libraw Libraw: before 0.18.9 (fixed in 0.18.9)

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