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Status published
High
CVE-2019-18218
cdf_read_property_info in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict...
Vulnerability 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).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/46a8443f76cec4b41ec736eca396984c74664f84
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16780
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00032.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4550
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VBK6XOJR6OVWT2FUEBO7V7KCOSSLAP52/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV6PFCEYHYALMTT45QE2U5C5TEJZQPXJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6BJVGXSCC6NMIAWX36FPWHEIFON3OSE/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0001/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-24
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00044.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00008.html
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Affected Vendor
file project
View all reports →Affected Software
file, debian linux, leap, active iq unified manager, fedora, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 15.1, 7.3, 29, 30, 31, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 21st, 2019
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.