CVE-2018-5817: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A type confusion error within the "unpacked_load_raw()" function within LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1 (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Libraw Libraw: before 0.19.1 (fixed in 0.19.1)

Published 2019-02-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.