CVE-2012-1571

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: July 17, 2012 Modified: December 04, 2025

Description

file before 5.11 and libmagic allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Composite Document File (CDF) file that triggers (1) an out-of-bounds read or (2) an invalid pointer dereference.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
46th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

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