UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6887

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6887

    Published: 16 May 2017Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6887
    Aliases:
    USN-3492-1

    Summary:

    Details: A boundary error within the "parse_tiff_ifd()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a memory corruption via e.g. a specially crafted KDC file with model set to "DSLR-A100" and containing multiple sequences of 0x100 and 0x14A TAGs.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6887, https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/75737/, https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-6/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3492-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6887

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libraw

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libraw?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.15.4-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    0.15.3-1ubuntu1
    0.15.4-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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