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Vulnerability details: VCID-15v8-18kg-g7ef
Vulnerability ID VCID-15v8-18kg-g7ef
Aliases CVE-2019-18218
Summary cdf_read_property_info in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict the number of CDF_VECTOR elements, which allows a heap-based buffer overflow (4-byte out-of-bounds write).
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-18218.json
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00187 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18218
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18218
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1083
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00044.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-18218.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18218
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16780
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-18218
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/file/file/commit/46a8443f76cec4b41ec736eca396984c74664f84
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00032.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00008.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV6PFCEYHYALMTT45QE2U5C5TEJZQPXJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6BJVGXSCC6NMIAWX36FPWHEIFON3OSE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VBK6XOJR6OVWT2FUEBO7V7KCOSSLAP52/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-24
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0001/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4550
1765272 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1765272
942830 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=942830
ASA-202001-2 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202001-2
AVG-1083 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1083
cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-18218 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18218
RHSA-2021:4374 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4374
USN-4172-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-1/
USN-4172-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-18218.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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physical

low

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none

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required

unchanged

changed

high

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low

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none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18218
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

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adjacent_network

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18218
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

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low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.40783
EPSS Score 0.00187
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:34:28.881266+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/4172-1/ 37.0.0