CVE-2017-6886 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An error within the "parse_tiff_ifd()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions before 0.18.2 can be exploited to corrupt memory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Libraw	Libraw

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libraw:libraw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1057-1	libraw security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3950-1	libraw security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15940	An error within the "parse_tiff_ifd()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) in LibRaw versions before 0.18.2 can be exploited to corrupt memory.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3492-1	LibRaw vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3950
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98605
https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/commit/d7c3d2cb460be10a3ea7b32e9443a83c243b2251
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6886
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/75737/
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-5/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6886

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00456}`	epss `{'score': 0.0058}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: flexera

Published: 2017-05-16T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:41:17.677Z

Reserved: 2017-03-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-6886

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-16T16:29:00.220

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-6886

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6886 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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