CVE-2019-18218
file - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.17%
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).
How to fix CVE-2019-18218
To remediate CVE-2019-18218, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/file—upgrade to 5.37-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:5.37-6 or later
- —upgrade to 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u6 or later
- —upgrade to 1:5.30-1+deb9u3 or later
- —upgrade to 7.0.33-0+deb9u11 or later
Is CVE-2019-18218 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 5.37-r1
- from 0, < 1:5.37-6
- from 0, < 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u6
- from 0, < 1:5.30-1+deb9u3
- from 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 |