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CVE-2019-8906

Published: 18 February 2019

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has an out-of-bounds read because memcpy is misused.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.4

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
file
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2)
cosmic
Released (1:5.34-2ubuntu0.1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream
Released (1:5.35-3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/file/file/commit/2858eaf99f6cc5aae129bcbf1e24ad160240185f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.4
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L