Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2019-8906

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-8906 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the do_core_note function within libmagic.a of file 5.35, caused by a misuse of memcpy. This flaw affects products from Apple, Canonical, file_project, and openSUSE. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 4.4), it requires local access and has low attack complexity, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: file

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-8906Low

file: out-of-bounds read in do_core_note in readelf.c

Jan 3, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00053.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.astron.com / view.php
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / file/file/commit/2858eaf99f6cc5aae129bcbf1e24ad160240185f
PatchThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT209599
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT209600
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT209601
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT209602
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3911-1
Third Party Advisory