CVE-2019-8904

Publication date 18 February 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
file 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1:5.34-2ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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