CVE-2018-5805 [High] | Out-of-bounds Write in Libraw

CVE-2018-5805 is rated Moderate Risk (64/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.98%). EPSS rose +1.49% 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	0.49%	1.98%	+1.49%
2	2025-11-07	0.58%	0.49%	-0.09%
3	2025-05-21	—	0.58%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.49%

1.98%

+1.49%

2025-11-07

0.58%

0.49%

-0.09%

2025-05-21

—

0.58%

—

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-2018-5805

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	high	CVE-2018-5805: 1 source package rows (libraw); 4 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 4.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-5805
`debian`	low	CVE-2018-5805 low 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-2018-5805
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5805
`suse`	medium	CVE-2018-5805 severity moderate: SUSE including 17 source package names (dcraw-9.28.0-150000.3.3.1, dcraw-9.28.0-160000.2.2, …), 47 product×package rows across 23 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3, … (23 product lines)): Fixed 36, Known Not Affected 11.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5805/
`ubuntu`	low	CVE-2018-5805 low priority: Ubuntu including 8 source packages (darktable, dcraw, …), 160 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 81, DNE 38, needs-triage 22, not-affected 16, released 3.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5805

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-5805

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
libraw	libraw	< 0.18.8	cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw::::::::
redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::*

References for CVE-2018-5805

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3065	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/blob/master/Changelog.txt	Release Notes
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/9f26ce37f5be86ea11bfc6831366558650b1f6ff	Patch
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/81000/	Third Party Advisory
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-3/	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2018-5805

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-5805

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-5805

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-5805

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-5805

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-5805

References for CVE-2018-5805