CVE-2019-8904: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

do_bid_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printf and file_vprintf.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 18.10 only
• File Project File: version 5.35 only

Published 2019-02-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.