CVE-2019-18218

HIGH

File < 5.37 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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).

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16780
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00032.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4550
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-2/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0001/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-24
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00044.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00008.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 38.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (15)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 29
... and 5 more
Published Oct 21, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026