UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8907

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8907

    Published: 18 Feb 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-8907
    Aliases:
    USN-3911-1

    Summary:

    Details: do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8907, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3911-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8907

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: file

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    1:5.22+15-2ubuntu1

    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