CVE-2019-8904

Exp

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.

Published: 2019-02-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-8904 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.49%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-8904

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-8904

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.09% 2.49% +1.40%
2 2026-05-29 1.30% 1.09% -0.21%
3 2026-05-28 — 1.30% —

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-8904

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-8904

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-8904

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-8904: 1 source package rows (file); 10 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 10, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-8904
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-8904 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (file), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-8904
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8904
suse medium CVE-2019-8904 severity moderate: SUSE including 186 source package names (apache2-mod_php5, apache2-mod_php53, …), 364 product×package rows across 34 product lines (Magnum Orchestration 7, SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3, … (34 product lines)): Known Not Affected 348, Fixed 16. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8904/
ubuntu low CVE-2019-8904 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (file), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8904

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-8904

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
file_project file 5.35 cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-8904

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107130 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=62 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/ Third Party Advisory
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