Out-of-bounds Read Affecting file package, versions <1:5.44-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.68% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-FILE-11742103
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2022-48554  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 file to version 1:5.44-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

File before 5.43 has an stack-based buffer over-read in file_copystr in funcs.c. NOTE: "File" is the name of an Open Source project.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1