#VU17829 Stack out-of-bounds read in file - CVE-2019-8904
Published: February 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17829
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8904
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
file
file
Software vendor:
Ian F. Darwin
Ian F. Darwin
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer over-read in the do_core_note function, as defined in the readelf.c source code file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into executing a file that submits malicious input to the targeted system with the file command, trigger memory corruption and gain access to arbitrary data or perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Update to version 5.36.