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Vulnerability details: VCID-r7xb-894d-1ba1
Vulnerability ID VCID-r7xb-894d-1ba1
Aliases CVE-2019-8905
Summary do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10360.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-8905.json
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
epss 0.00105 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
cvssv3 4.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 3.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8905
cvssv3.1 4.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8905
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-907
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00027.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00053.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-8905.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-8905
https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=63
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8905
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00044.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107137
1679181 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1679181
922968 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=922968
ASA-201903-5 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201903-5
AVG-907 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-907
cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-8905 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8905
USN-3911-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-8905.json
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: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8905
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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functional

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8905
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

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.29365
EPSS Score 0.00105
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:31:37.853365+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.17/main.json 37.0.0