Security advisory

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  "id": "f019f878f27a48acd6b688cbf16855afacc9bf8d7d06ee2f0d387ba4703ccfc0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8907",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-8907",
    "summary": "do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-8907",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "id": "CVE-2019-8907",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/file/file",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "d1ff3af7a2c6b38bdbdde7af26b59e3c50a48fff"
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                  "last_affected": "d1ff3af7a2c6b38bdbdde7af26b59e3c50a48fff"
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              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "5.35"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.35"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "5.35",
            "FILE5_35"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-8907.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:16.317891356Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00044.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3911-1/",
        "https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=65"
      ],
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              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
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                    "introduced": "16.04"
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                  {
                    "introduced": "18.10"
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            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
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              {
                "range": [
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                    "introduced": "8.0"
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          },
          {
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            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
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                    "introduced": "15.0"
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                  {
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                ],
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              }
            ]
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        ]
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2019-8907",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429334,
  "published_at": "2019-02-18T17:29:01.08+00:00"
}