Name: CVE-2019-17263: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-17263, CWE-125, CVSS 3.3, EPSS 0.0054

In libyal libfwsi before 20191006, libfwsi_extension_block_copy_from_byte_stream in libfwsi_extension_block.c has a heap-based buffer over-read because rejection of an unsupported size only considers values less than 6, even though values of 6 and 7 are also unsupported. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	Oct 6, 2019

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CVSS Details

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