USN-7485-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

Publication date

6 May 2025

Overview

LibRaw could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.


Packages

  • libraw - raw image decoder library

Details

It was discovered that LibRaw could be made to read out of bounds. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using LibRaw
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-43961,
CVE-2025-43962, CVE-2025-43963, CVE-2025-43964)

It was discovered that LibRaw could be made to read out of bounds. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using LibRaw
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-43961,
CVE-2025-43962, CVE-2025-43963, CVE-2025-43964)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.04 plucky libraw-bin –  0.21.3-1ubuntu0.25.04.1
libraw23t64 –  0.21.3-1ubuntu0.25.04.1
24.10 oracular libraw-bin –  0.21.2-2.1ubuntu0.24.10.1
libraw23t64 –  0.21.2-2.1ubuntu0.24.10.1
24.04 noble libraw-bin –  0.21.2-2.1ubuntu0.24.04.1
libraw23t64 –  0.21.2-2.1ubuntu0.24.04.1
22.04 jammy libraw-bin –  0.20.2-2ubuntu2.22.04.2
libraw20 –  0.20.2-2ubuntu2.22.04.2
20.04 focal libraw-bin –  0.19.5-1ubuntu1.4
libraw19 –  0.19.5-1ubuntu1.4
18.04 bionic libraw-bin –  0.18.8-1ubuntu0.4+esm1  
libraw16 –  0.18.8-1ubuntu0.4+esm1  
16.04 xenial libraw-bin –  0.17.1-1ubuntu0.5+esm1  
libraw15 –  0.17.1-1ubuntu0.5+esm1  

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