CVE-2019-18218
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.17%file - security update
Published: 10/21/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
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).
Affected packages (5)
- Alpine/filefrom 0, < 5.37-r1
- Debian/filefrom 0, < 1:5.37-6
- Debian/filefrom 0, < 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u6
- Debian/filefrom 0, < 1:5.30-1+deb9u3
- Debian/php7.0from 0, < 7.0.33-0+deb9u11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |