CVE-2026-24660
It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled certain Nikon RAW image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-5342) It was discovered that LibRaw had an integer overflow in its DNG image loader. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-20884) It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled certain X3F thumbnail data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-20889) It was discovered that LibRaw had a heap-based buffer overflow in its lossless JPEG image loader. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-21413) It was discovered that LibRaw had an integer overflow in its uncompressed floating-point DNG image loader. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2026-24450) It was discovered that LibRaw had a heap-based buffer overflow in its X3F Huffman decoder. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-24660)
CSIRTS triage
- What
- LibRaw has multiple vulnerabilities that can lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of LibRaw that handle certain image files are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to the potential for denial of service and arbitrary code execution.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of LibRaw to mitigate these vulnerabilities.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.56% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 43% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (LibRaw): Vulnerability allows code executioncert-bund · 2026-07-10
- unknownUSN-8522-1: LibRaw vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-09
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