CVE-2019-8907: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 18.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• File Project File: version 5.35 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.0 only

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