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CVE-2019-8904

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

8.8 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.49%Up 1.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

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.

Record
CVE-2019-8904
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2019-8904
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-18292 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2019-18292
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4h69-pc3c-cm6j 8.8

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

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.

Record
GHSA-4h69-pc3c-cm6j
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-8904 8.8

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.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-8904
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2019-8904 8.8

CVE-2019-8904 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2019-8904
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

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.

Record
CVE-2019-8904
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-8904 8.8

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8904
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10755-1 No score

file-5.40-1.14 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the file-5.40-1.14 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10755-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
file
Alpine:v3.10
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.11
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.12
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.13
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.14
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.15
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.16
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.17
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.18
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.19
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
file
Alpine:v3.20
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.21
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.22
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.23
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.24
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Alpine:v3.9
 before 5.36-r0
5.36-r0
file
Debian:12
 before 1:5.35-3
1:5.35-3
file
Debian:13
 before 1:5.35-3
1:5.35-3
file
Debian:14
 before 1:5.35-3
1:5.35-3
file
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 5.40-1.14
5.40-1.14

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-8904 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in File Project File, published February 18, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.49%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in file 5.36-r0.

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