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CVE-2012-1571
file before 5.11 and libmagic allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Composite Document File (CDF) file…
Medium6.5EPSS 4.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- DSA-2422 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [file] 20120221 file-5.11 is now available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2123-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .