CVE-2019-18218

HIGH EPSS 76.4%

Published Oct 21, 20196y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

7.8 CVSS 3.1

High

Published Oct 21, 2019 6y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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).

CVSS Details

Base Score

7.8

Exploitability

1.8

Impact

5.9

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction Required

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

76.4% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

Public Exploit Known

Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 15

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
file_project	file	*	≤5.37
debian	debian_linux	8.0	any
debian	debian_linux	9.0	any
debian	debian_linux	10.0	any
opensuse	leap	15.1	any
netapp	active_iq_unified_manager	*	≥7.3
fedoraproject	fedora	29	any
fedoraproject	fedora	30	any
fedoraproject	fedora	31	any
canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	any
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	any
canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	any
canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	any
canonical	ubuntu_linux	19.04	any
canonical	ubuntu_linux	19.10	any

References 13

lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00044.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.chromium.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16780

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com https://github.com/file/file/commit/46a8443f76cec4b41ec736eca396984c74664f84

PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00032.html

Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00008.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV6PFCEYHYALMTT45QE2U5C5TEJZQPXJ/
lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6BJVGXSCC6NMIAWX36FPWHEIFON3OSE/
lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VBK6XOJR6OVWT2FUEBO7V7KCOSSLAP52/
security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-24

Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0001/

Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-1/

Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-2/

Third Party Advisory
debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4550

Third Party Advisory

Remediation

github.com https://github.com/file/file/commit/46a8443f76cec4b41ec736eca396984c74664f84

PatchThird Party Advisory