CVE-2019-18218

Publication date 21 October 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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).

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
file 19.10 eoan
Fixed 1:5.37-5ubuntu0.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 1:5.35-4ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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