Out-of-bounds Read Affecting file package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FILE-1337747
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Jan 2019

Introduced: 3 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-8906  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 file.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1