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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-18218): file vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-18218): file vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/21/2019
Created
11/06/2019
Added
10/31/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

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).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-file
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagic1

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