UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8905
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8905
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8905.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8905
- Upstream
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-02-18T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-08T16:45:18Z
- Severity
-
- 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - low
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
docorenote in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10360.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / file
Package
- Name
- file
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2
Ecosystem specific
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "file",
"binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libmagic-dev",
"binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libmagic1",
"binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "python-magic",
"binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "python3-magic",
"binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2"
}
],
"availability": "No subscription required"
}
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / file
Package
- Name
- file
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2
Ecosystem specific
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "file",
"binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libmagic-dev",
"binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libmagic-mgc",
"binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libmagic1",
"binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2"
}
],
"availability": "No subscription required"
}