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CVE-2023-1729 (GCVE-0-2023-1729)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-15 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 05:57
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a LibRaw Affected: LibRaw 0.21.1
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