CVE-2019-8905
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-02-18 17:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 21:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-02-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 862c65fe8a34458d6e31bca32cae5e0a476a879a1b43970ee1508add35a8ef50
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com107137http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107137
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190228 [SECURITY] [DLA 1698-1] file security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00044.html
- bugs.astron.comhttps://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=63
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:0345http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00027.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3911-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1197http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00053.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- file Fixed in 5.36-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- file Fixed in 1:5.35-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- file Fixed in 1:5.35-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- file Fixed in 1:5.35-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- file Fixed in 1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- file Fixed in 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.