DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18218

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18218
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18218.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18218
Upstream
Published
2019-10-21T05:15:10Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:42Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

cdfreadpropertyinfo in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict the number of CDFVECTOR elements, which allows a heap-based buffer overflow (4-byte out-of-bounds write).

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/file?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.37-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/file?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.37-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/file?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.37-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/file?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.37-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}