CVE-2019-18218

Current Description

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).

Basic Data

PublishedOctober 21, 2019
Last ModifiedMay 23, 2020
Assignercve@mitre.org
Data TypeCVE
Data FormatMITRE
Data Version4.0
Problem TypeCWE-787
CVE Data Version4.0

Base Metric V2

CVSS 2 - Version2.0
CVSS 2 - Vector StringAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS 2 - Access VectorNETWORK
CVSS 2 - Access ComplexityLOW
CVSS 2 - AuthenticationNONE
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality ImpactPARTIAL
CVSS 2 - Availability ImpactPARTIAL
CVSS 2 - Base Score7.5
SeverityHIGH
Exploitability Score10.0
Impact Score6.4
Obtain All Privilegefalse
Obtain User Privilegefalse
Obtain Other Privilegefalse

Base Metric V3

No data provided.

Configurations

  • OR - Configuration 1
    Cpe VersionPartVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguageSW EditionTarget SWTarget HWOtherVersion Start IncludingVersion End IncludingVersion Start ExcludingVersion End Excluding
    2.3ApplicationFile ProjectFile********5.37
  • OR - Configuration 2
    Cpe VersionPartVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguageSW EditionTarget SWTarget HWOtherVersion Start IncludingVersion End IncludingVersion Start ExcludingVersion End Excluding
    2.3OSDebianDebian Linux8.0*******

Vulnerable Software List

VendorProductVersions
Debian Debian Linux 8.0
File Project File *

References

NameSourceURLTags
openSUSE-SU-2020:0677http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00044.htmlSUSE
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16780https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16780MISCExploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/46a8443f76cec4b41ec736eca396984c74664f84https://github.com/file/file/commit/46a8443f76cec4b41ec736eca396984c74664f84MISCPatch Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20191023 [SECURITY] [DLA 1969-1] file security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00032.htmlMLISTThird Party Advisory
FEDORA-2019-97dcb2762ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV6PFFEDORA
FEDORA-2019-18036b898ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6BJVFEDORA
FEDORA-2019-554c3c691fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VBK6XFEDORA
GLSA-202003-24https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-24GENTOO
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0001/https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0001/CONFIRM
USN-4172-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-1/UBUNTU
USN-4172-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-2/UBUNTU
DSA-4550https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4550DEBIAN