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CVE-2019-8379

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 17, 2019 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:41 AM UTC
6 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraEnterprise Linux Server

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1. A NULL pointer dereference exists in the function be_uint32_read() located in endianrw.h. It can be triggered by sending a crafted file to a binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Advancecomp· Advancemame
95%
v < 2.1
Affected range stops below 2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
9.0
Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
35
Enterprise Linux for Power Little Endian· Red Hat
95%
7.0
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%
7.0
Enterprise Linux Workstation· Red Hatrubygems
95%
7.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2332
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J23C6QSTJMQ467KAI6QG54AE4MZRLPQV/
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-the-function-be_uint32_read-advancecomp/
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/271/

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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