CVE-2019-18218: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

cdf_read_property_info in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict the number of CDF_VECTOR elements, which allows a heap-based buffer overflow (4-byte out-of-bounds write).

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 19.04 only; version 19.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 29 only; version 30 only; version 31 only
• File Project File: up to and including 5.37
• Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager: from 7.3
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.1 only

Published 2019-10-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.