UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18218

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18218
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18218.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18218
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Published
2019-10-21T05:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:39Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

cdfreadpropertyinfo in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict the number of CDFVECTOR elements, which allows a heap-based buffer overflow (4-byte out-of-bounds write).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1

Affected versions

5.*

5.11-2ubuntu4

1:5.*

1:5.14-2ubuntu1
1:5.14-2ubuntu2
1:5.14-2ubuntu3
1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1
1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2
1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3
1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "file"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libmagic-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libmagic1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-magic"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-magic"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.22+15-2ubuntu1
1:5.25-2ubuntu1
1:5.25-2ubuntu1.1
1:5.25-2ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "file"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libmagic-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libmagic1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "python-magic"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "python3-magic"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / file

Package

Name
file
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.32-1
1:5.32-2
1:5.32-2ubuntu0.1
1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "file"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "libmagic-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "libmagic-mgc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.32-2ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "libmagic1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}