CVE-2019-8907

moderate-risk
Published 2019-02-18

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Do I need to act?

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0.84% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

File

Affected Vendors

Debian Canonical Opensuse File Project

References (10)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00027.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00053.html
Exploit https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=65
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00044.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00027.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00053.html
Exploit https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=65
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00044.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low