UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8906

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8906
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8906.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8906
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Published
2019-02-18T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:18Z
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
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / file

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:5.*

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

Ecosystem specific 

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