Low
Security advisory
In libyal libfwsi before 20191006, libfwsi_extension_block_copy_from_byte_stream in libfwsi_extension_block.c has a heap-based buffer over-read because rejection of an unsupported size only considers values less than 6, even though values of 6 and 7 are also unsupported. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-17263
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In libyal libfwsi before 20191006, libfwsi_extension_block_copy_from_byte_stream in libfwsi_extension_block.c has a heap-based buffer over-read because rejection of an unsupported size only considers values less than 6, even though values of 6 and 7 are also unsupported. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue
osv:CVE-2019-17263
Complete source record
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