CVE-2017-6889

An integer overflow error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) in LibRaw...

9.8 CriticalFix available

An integer overflow error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.48%Up 0.9 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

An integer overflow error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Record: CVE-2017-6889
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-190
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

An integer overflow error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Record: CVE-2017-6889
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-15943 No score

An integer overflow error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Record: EUVD-2017-15943
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hh27-7rq7-g8w3 9.8

An integer overflow error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) in LibRaw...

An integer overflow error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Record: GHSA-hh27-7rq7-g8w3
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-190
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 9.8

An integer overflow error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Record: CVE-2017-6889
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2017-0223 No score

Updated libraw packages fix security vulnerabilities

A memory corruption in parse_tiff_ifd() function (CVE-2017-6886).

A memory corruption via e.g. a specially crafted KDC file parse_tiff_ifd() (CVE-2017-6887).

An integer overflow error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (CVE-2017-6889).

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (CVE-2017-6890).

Record: MGASA-2017-0223
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2017:2300-1 No score

Security update for libraw

This update for libraw fixes the following issues:

CVE-2015-3885: A specially crafted raw image file could have caused a Denial of Service through an integer overflow. (bsc#930683)
CVE-2015-8367: The function phase_one_correct() did not handle memory object initialization correctly, which may have caused some other problems. (bsc#957517)
CVE-2017-6886: memory corruption in parse_tiff_ifd() func (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) could lead to Denial of service (bsc#1039380)
CVE-2017-6889: integer overflow error within the 'foveon_load_camf()' function (dcraw_foveon.c) could lead to Denial of service (bsc#1039210)
CVE-2017-6890: boundary error within the 'foveon_load_camf()' function (dcraw_foveon.c) (bsc#1039209)

Record: SUSE-SU-2017:2300-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

libraw libraw-demosaic-pack-gpl2

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`libraw` Mageia:5	before 0.16.2-1.2.mga5	0.16.2-1.2.mga5
`libraw` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	before 0.15.4-9.2	0.15.4-9.2
`libraw` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	before 0.15.4-9.2	0.15.4-9.2
`libraw` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	before 0.15.4-9.2	0.15.4-9.2
`libraw` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	before 0.15.4-9.2	0.15.4-9.2
`libraw` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2	before 0.15.4-9.2	0.15.4-9.2
`libraw` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3	before 0.15.4-9.2	0.15.4-9.2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-6889 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Libraw Libraw-demosaic-pack-gpl2, published May 15, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.48%, the 73rd percentile. Fixed in libraw 0.16.2-1.2.mga5.

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