CVE-2019-8907

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
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
0.53% LOW
1% probability -0.31%
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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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: 0.53%• Percentile: 68%

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

    16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • file_project•file

    5.35

  • opensuse•leap

    15.0

References (5)