Vulnerability · Published May 15, 2023 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2023-1729
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity memory corruption in LibRaw. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A flaw was found in LibRaw. A heap-buffer-overflow in raw2image_ex() caused by a maliciously crafted file may lead to an application crash.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | LibRaw | 0.21.1-1.el9 | ALSA-2024:2137 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | LibRaw-devel | 0.21.1-1.el9 | ALSA-2024:2137 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | libraw | 0.21.1-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | libraw | 0.21.1-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | libraw | 0.21.1-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | libraw | 0.21.1-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | libraw | 0.21.1-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Debian:12 | libraw | 0.20.2-2.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Debian:13 | libraw | 0.20.2-2.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Debian:14 | libraw | 0.20.2-2.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | LibRaw | 0:0.21.1-1.el9 | RLSA-2024:2137 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | darktable | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | darktable | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | darktable | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | darktable | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | darktable | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | dcraw | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | dcraw | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | dcraw | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | dcraw | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | dcraw | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | exactimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | exactimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | exactimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | exactimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | exactimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | kodi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libraw | 0.20.2-2ubuntu2.22.04.1 | USN-6137-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libraw | 0.20.2-2ubuntu2.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | rawtherapee | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rawtherapee | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | rawtherapee | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | rawtherapee | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | rawtherapee | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1729 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-119
References
- https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw/issues/557
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2188240
- FEDORA-2023-b19f236bc7 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-88c87f6191 vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230527 [SECURITY] [DLA 3433-1] libraw security update mailing-list
- DSA-5412 vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202312-08 vendor-advisory