CVE-2017-14348 [High] | Memory Corruption in Libraw

CVE-2017-14348 is rated Moderate Risk (64.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.12%). EPSS rose +1.70% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.42%	2.12%	+1.70%
2	2026-04-17	0.78%	0.42%	-0.36%
3	2025-03-30	—	0.78%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.42%

2.12%

+1.70%

2026-04-17

0.78%

0.42%

-0.36%

2025-03-30

—

0.78%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
8.8	3.0	HIGH	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.8	5.9	[email protected]
6.8	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:P) Partial availability impact.	8.6	6.4	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

8.8

3.0

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.8

5.9

[email protected]

6.8

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P): Partial availability impact.

8.6

6.4

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-14348

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2017-14348 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libraw), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14348
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14348
`suse`	low	CVE-2017-14348 severity low: SUSE including 30 source package names (dcraw, dcraw-lang, …), 63 product×package rows across 24 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, … (24 product lines)): Known Not Affected 38, Fixed 25.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14348/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2017-14348 medium priority: Ubuntu including 8 source packages (darktable, dcraw, …), 168 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): ignored 83, DNE 40, needs-triage 20, not-affected 16, needed 6, released 3.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14348

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-14348

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
libraw	libraw	<= 0.18.3	cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw::::::::

References for CVE-2017-14348

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100866	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/100	Third Party Advisory

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CVE-2017-14348

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-14348

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-14348

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-14348

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-14348

References for CVE-2017-14348