UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18218

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18218

    Published: 21 Oct 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-18218

    Summary:

    Details: 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).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18218, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4172-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4172-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18218

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: file

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1

    Affected versions

    5.11-2ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High