Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This CVE describes a crash bug in dcraw through 9.28. If an application includes dcraw code and processes a malicious file supplied by an attacker, the application can crash. The sources do not describe data theft, code execution, privilege escalation, or a named patch.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted denial-of-service risk. Prioritize review for public upload services or automated image pipelines; deprioritize systems that do not process untrusted raw image files.
Technical view
The issue is a floating point exception in kodak_radc_load_raw in dcraw through 9.28. The stated impact is denial of service against applications bundling dcraw code when they process attacker-supplied malicious files. No CVSS, CWE, detailed affected product list, or remediation commit is provided in the bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in image-processing applications, upload pipelines, or desktop tools that bundle dcraw code and accept untrusted raw image files. Products merely installing dcraw but not processing attacker-supplied files have lower practical exposure.
Exploitation context
The CVE source says attackers must be able to supply malicious files. The bundle does not support active exploitation, and KEV is false. The documented outcome is application crash, not system compromise.
Researcher notes
The public record is sparse. It identifies the function, affected dcraw range, trigger class, and crash impact, but does not provide CVSS, CWE, patch details, or evidence of exploitation. Avoid expanding scope beyond bundled dcraw users.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory applications that bundle or vendor dcraw code.
- Check whether bundled dcraw code is version 9.28 or earlier.
- Review vendor or maintainer guidance for an official fix.
- Limit untrusted raw file processing where feasible.
- Run image parsing in isolated, restartable worker processes.
Validation and detection
- Search dependency and source trees for dcraw or kodak_radc_load_raw.
- Confirm whether user-uploaded files reach dcraw-based parsing paths.
- Review crash telemetry for floating point exceptions in raw image handling.
- Verify service supervisors recover cleanly from parser crashes.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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- CVSS
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/165CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/171CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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