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CVE-2019-8904

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-02-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

do_bid_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printf and file_vprintf.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
• File Project File: 5.35

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107130
• https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=62
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107130
• https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=62
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/

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