CVE-2019-8907

Publication date 18 February 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
file 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 1:5.34-2ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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