CVE-2019-8905

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 18 Feb 2019, 17:00
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 21:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
4.4 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability +0.02%
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_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10360.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 30%

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

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • file_project•file

    5.35

  • opensuse•leap

    15.0 | 42.3

References (6)