File before 5.43 has an stack-based buffer over-read in file_copystr in funcs.c.
File before 5.43 has an stack-based buffer over-read in file_copystr in funcs.c. NOTE: "File" is the name of an Open Source project.
- Published
- Aug 22, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 50th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-125
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| file project | file | cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file |
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux11.0
- file project file5.41
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | file | before 5.39-16.el9 | 5.39-16.el9 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | file-devel | before 5.39-16.el9 | 5.39-16.el9 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | file-libs | before 5.39-16.el9 | 5.39-16.el9 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | python3-file-magic | before 5.39-16.el9 | 5.39-16.el9 |
| Debian:11 | file | before 1:5.39-3+deb11u1 | 1:5.39-3+deb11u1 |
| Debian:12 | file | before 1:5.44-1 | 1:5.44-1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | python3-file-magic | before 0:5.39-16.el9 | 0:5.39-16.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | file | before 0:5.39-16.el9 | 0:5.39-16.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | file-debuginfo | before 0:5.39-16.el9 | 0:5.39-16.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | file-debugsource | before 0:5.39-16.el9 | 0:5.39-16.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | file-libs | before 0:5.39-16.el9 | 0:5.39-16.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | file-libs-debuginfo | before 0:5.39-16.el9 | 0:5.39-16.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | file-devel | before 0:5.39-16.el9 | 0:5.39-16.el9 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | file | before 0:5.39-16.el9 | 0:5.39-16.el9 |
Same product
file project: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2019-8904do_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.36Monitor
- CVE-2019-18218cdf_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 o32Monitor
- CVE-2018-10360The do_core_note function in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read a27Monitor
- CVE-2017-1000249An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes 22Monitor
- CVE-2014-8117softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumpti22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| almalinux:file | 5.39-16.el9 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:file-devel | 5.39-16.el9 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:file-libs | 5.39-16.el9 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:python3-file-magic | 5.39-16.el9 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:file | 1:5.44-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:file | 0:5.39-16.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:file-debuginfo | 0:5.39-16.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:file-debugsource | 0:5.39-16.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:file-devel | 0:5.39-16.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:file-libs | 0:5.39-16.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:file-libs-debuginfo | 0:5.39-16.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:python3-file-magic | 0:5.39-16.el9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| rocky linux:file | 0:5.39-16.el9 · Rocky Linux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds ReadCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/24
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/25
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0002/
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214081
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214084
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214086
- support.apple.com/kb/HT214088
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5489
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.