Medium
Security advisory
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.
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- CVE-2019-8905
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- 1 Nov 2026, 07:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2019-8905
Complete source record
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