CVE-2019-8904

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 18 Feb 2019, 17:00
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 21:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
45/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.09% LOW
1% probability +0.52%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Feb 2019, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 21:31
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

do_bid_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printf and file_vprintf.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: 1.09%• Percentile: 78%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

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

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10

  • file_project•file

    5.35

References (3)