CVE-2019-18218

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1.8%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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).

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation2% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
EPSS PROB
1.8%
EPSS %ILE
78th
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 21, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (26)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-18218(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibmagic1 (1:5.35-4ubuntu0.1) @ disco2026-05-27ubuntu
ubuntufile (1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4+esm1) @ trusty2026-05-27ubuntu
redhatfile-0:5.33-20.el82021-11-09redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(26 across 25 ecosystems)
Debian:9(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file1:5.30-1, 1:5.30-1+deb9u1, 1:5.30-1+deb9u21:5.30-1+deb9u3—
php7.07.0.19-1 ... 7.0.33-0+deb9u9 (26 versions)7.0.33-0+deb9u11—
Alpine:v3.10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.15(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.16(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.37-r1—
Alpine:v3.7(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.32-r2—
Alpine:v3.8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.32-r2—
Alpine:v3.9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—5.36-r1—
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file1:5.35-41:5.35-4+deb10u1—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—1:5.37-6—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—1:5.37-6—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—1:5.37-6—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file—1:5.37-6—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
file1:5.22+15-2 ... 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u5 (6 versions)1:5.22+15-2+deb8u6—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-18218?
CVE-2019-18218 is a high vulnerability published on October 21, 2019. cdfreadpropertyinfo in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict the number of CDFVECTOR elements, which allows a heap-based buffer overflow (4-byte out-of-bounds write).
When was CVE-2019-18218 disclosed?
CVE-2019-18218 was first published on October 21, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-18218 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-18218 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (78th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-18218?
CVE-2019-18218 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-18218?
A fix for CVE-2019-18218 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2019-18218 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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