CVE-2018-5810

An error within the "rollei_load_raw()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.9 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and subsequently cause a crash.

Published: 2018-12-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2018-5810 is rated Moderate Risk (64.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.10%). EPSS rose +1.60% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-5810

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.50% 2.10% +1.60%
2 2025-11-21 0.42% 0.50% +0.08%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.42% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-5810

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-5810

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-5810

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2018-5810: 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-2018-5810
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-5810 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-2018-5810
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5810
suse medium CVE-2018-5810 severity moderate: SUSE including 6 source package names (libraw, libraw-devel, libraw-devel-0.15.4-21.1, libraw-devel-static-0.15.4-21.1, libraw16, libraw9-0.15.4-21.1), 17 product×package rows across 9 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4, … (9 product lines)): Fixed 14, Known Not Affected 3. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5810/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-5810 medium priority: Ubuntu including 8 source packages (darktable, dcraw, …), 152 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 74, DNE 37, needs-triage 23, not-affected 15, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5810

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-5810

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libraw libraw < 0.18.9 cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-5810

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