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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-5802

high Nessus Plugin ID 222665

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - An error within the kodak_radc_load_raw() function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) related to the buf variable in LibRaw versions prior to 0.18.7 can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash. (CVE-2018-5802)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5802

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5802

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 222665

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2018_5802.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 5/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5802

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:dcraw, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libraw, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dcraw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rawtherapee, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libraw-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libraw-static, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kodi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dcraw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libraw-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libraw-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ufraw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:darktable, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libraw, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:exactimage

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5802