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high 7.8

CVE-2019-8379 json

An issue was discovered in AdvanceCOMP through 2.1.

published 2019-02-17 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-17769

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • advancemame advancecomp 2.1
  • advancecomp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.1-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8379

  • advancecomp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
  • advancecomp Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.20-1ubuntu0.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8379

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • advancecomp RHEL 7 1.15-21.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2332

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-8379 updated cvss 2.8

advancecomp: null pointer dereference in function be_uint32_read() in endianrw.h

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) advancecomp 1.15-21.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) advancecomp 1.15-21.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2332

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/271/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • research.loginsoft.com https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-the-function-be_uint32_read-advancecomp/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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