CVE-2019-8906

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8906
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-8906.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-8906
Downstream
Related
Published
2019-02-18T17:29:01.033Z
Modified
2026-07-08T19:51:40.786399Z
Severity
  • 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

docorenote in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has an out-of-bounds read because memcpy is misused.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "12.2"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "apple:iphone_os"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "10.14.4"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "apple:mac_os_x"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "12.2"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "apple:tvos"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "5.2"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "apple:watchos"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "18.10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "18.10"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "15.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "15.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "42.3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "42.3"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/file/file

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/file/file
Events
Introduced
d1ff3af7a2c6b38bdbdde7af26b59e3c50a48fff
Last affected
d1ff3af7a2c6b38bdbdde7af26b59e3c50a48fff
Fixed
2858eaf99f6cc5aae129bcbf1e24ad160240185f
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "5.35"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "5.35"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

5.*
5.35
Other
FILE5_35

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-08T19:51:40Z"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/readelf.c",
            "function": "do_core_note"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/file/file/commit/2858eaf99f6cc5aae129bcbf1e24ad160240185f",
        "id": "CVE-2019-8906-62c7b43b",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "50134300944515749486679894215678025456",
            "length": 3326.0
        }
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/readelf.c"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/file/file/commit/2858eaf99f6cc5aae129bcbf1e24ad160240185f",
        "id": "CVE-2019-8906-f339bc00",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "333164384304000014939969775433987025057",
                "305247237807722948317776446743530876769",
                "251035260985686906017783394955669487551",
                "334815268474935935102152633450803886526",
                "118413130556114706998516904846100232",
                "317474704739742838936164869212100976187",
                "100801867789909417053187722427126381463"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        }
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-8906.json"