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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-17401

libyal liblnk 20191006 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the network_share_name_offset>20 code block of liblnk_location_information_read_data in liblnk_location_information.c, a different issue than CVE-2019-17264. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue

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1 Nov 2026, 07:48 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-17401

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Oct 2019, 19:15 UTC

libyal liblnk 20191006 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the network_share_name_offset>20 code block of liblnk_location_information_read_data in liblnk_location_information.c, a different issue than CVE-2019-17264. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue

osv:CVE-2019-17401
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17401",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-17401",
    "summary": "libyal liblnk 20191006 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the network_share_name_offset>20 code block of liblnk_location_information_read_data in liblnk_location_information.c, a different issue than CVE-2019-17264. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in the GitHub issue",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-17401",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/libyal/liblnk",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "20191006"
                },
                {
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                }
              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:liblnk_project:liblnk:20191006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-17401.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:58.713396528Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/libyal/liblnk/issues/40"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-17401",
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439145,
  "published_at": "2019-10-09T19:15:14.273+00:00"
}