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CVE-2023-1729 json

A flaw was found in LibRaw.

published 2023-05-15 3 y ago modified 2026-08-03 3 mo ago also EUVD-2023-23952 , JLSEC-2026-1108

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in LibRaw. A heap-buffer-overflow in raw2image_ex() caused by a maliciously crafted file may lead to an application crash.

Patch / fix

  • julia LibRaw_jll 0.22.1+0
  • libraw libraw 0.21.2
  • libraw Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.20.2-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1729

  • libraw Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 0.19.5-1ubuntu1.2
  • libraw Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 0.20.2-2ubuntu2.22.04.1
  • digikam Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 4:5.6.0-0ubuntu10+esm1
  • digikam Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 4:6.4.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • digikam Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 4:7.5.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729

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  • LibRaw RHEL 9 0.21.1-1.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:2137

  • libraw SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.15.4-39.1
  • libraw SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.18.9-150000.3.20.1
  • libraw SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 0.20.2-150400.3.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2196-1SUSE-SU-2023:2195-1SUSE-SU-2023:2194-1

  • libraw openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.21.1-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12901-1

  • LibRaw AlmaLinux 9 0.21.1-1.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:2137

  • LibRaw Rocky Linux 9 0.21.1-1.el9

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:2137

  • libraw Alpine 3.18 0.21.1-r1
  • libraw Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +3 more 0.21.1-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-1729

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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-2023-1729 updated cvss 3.3

LibRaw: a heap-buffer-overflow in raw2image_ex()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 LibRaw Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 LibRaw
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) LibRaw 0.21.1-1.el9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) LibRaw-devel 0.21.1-1.el9, LibRaw-debuginfo 0.21.1-1.el9, LibRaw-debugsource 0.21.1-1.el9, LibRaw-samples-debuginfo 0.21.1-1.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2137

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Exploit prediction

1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/557 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia LibRaw_jll
<0.22.1+0
0.22.1+0

Affected products

  • n/a LibRaw

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

Sources

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