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CVE-2017-6890

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a...

9.8 Critical

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a huffman table in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a stack-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
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a huffman table in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

Record
CVE-2017-6890
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-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a huffman table in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

Record
CVE-2017-6890
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15944 No score

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a huffman table in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

Record
EUVD-2017-15944
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h3rm-p42x-h7h7 9.8

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a...

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a huffman table in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

Record
GHSA-h3rm-p42x-h7h7
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-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

A boundary error within the "foveon_load_camf()" function (dcraw_foveon.c) when initializing a huffman table in LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2 before 0.18.2 can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

Record
CVE-2017-6890
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
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10980-1 No score

libraw-devel-0.20.2-4.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libraw-devel-0.20.2-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10980-1
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

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libraw
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0.16.2-1.2.mga5
0.16.2-1.2.mga5
libraw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0.15.4-9.2
0.15.4-9.2
libraw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0.15.4-9.2
0.15.4-9.2
libraw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0.15.4-9.2
0.15.4-9.2
libraw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0.15.4-9.2
0.15.4-9.2
libraw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0.15.4-9.2
0.15.4-9.2
libraw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0.15.4-9.2
0.15.4-9.2
libraw
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0.20.2-4.1
0.20.2-4.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-6890 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 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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