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Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package file  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-FILE-476609
  • published21 Oct 2019
  • disclosed21 Oct 2019
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Introduced: 21 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-18218  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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).

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