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high 8.8

CVE-2018-19655 json

A stack-based buffer overflow in the find_green() function of dcraw through 9.28, as used in ufraw-batch and many other products, may allow…

published 2018-11-29 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-11339

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow in the find_green() function of dcraw through 9.28, as used in ufraw-batch and many other products, may allow a remote attacker to cause a control-flow hijack, denial-of-service, or unspecified other impact via a maliciously crafted raw photo file.

Patch / fix

  • dcraw Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 9.28-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19655

  • dcraw Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 9.28-2
  • ufraw Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.22-3.1~build0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19655

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • dcraw SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 9.28.0-3.3.1
  • dcraw openSUSE Leap 15.3 9.28.0-150000.3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1749-1SUSE-SU-2022:1277-1

  • dcraw openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.28.0-1.6
  • gimp-ufraw openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.22-9.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10712-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11480-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-19655 updated cvss 3.3

dcraw: Stack-based buffer overflow in the find_green() function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 dcraw
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 dcraw Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 dcraw
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 dcraw
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.debian.org https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=906529 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.debian.org https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=890086 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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Weakness

References

Sources

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