High severity · published Oct 21, 2019
CVE-2019-18218
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)
7.8
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
7.3 and later · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
29; 30; 31 · source: NVD
FI
File · File Project
through 5.37 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 19.04; 19.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18218
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18218
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00044.html
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16780
Patch
https://github.com/file/file/commit/46a8443f76cec4b41ec736eca396984c74664f84
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00032.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00008.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV6PFCEYHYALMTT45QE2U5C5TEJZQPXJ/
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