CVE-2019-18218

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 14
Modified
Published: 21 Oct 2019, 04:41
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 01:47

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.17% LOW
0% probability -0.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Oct 2019, 04:41
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 01:47
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

cdf_read_property_info in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict the number of CDF_VECTOR elements, which allows a heap-based buffer overflow (4-byte out-of-bounds write).

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.17%• Percentile: 39%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.04 | 19.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    29 | 30 | 31

  • file_project•file

    ≤ 5.37

  • netapp•active_iq_unified_manager

    ≥ 7.3

  • opensuse•leap

    15.1

References (13)