CVE-2012-1571

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1571
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-17 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionfile 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-125 | n/a | CWE-125 CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Christos Zoulas File All All All All
Application Tim Robbins Libmagic All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2422-2 file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
add more check found by cert's fuzzer. · file/file@1859fdb · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
USN-2123-1: file vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
file-5.11 is now available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mx.gw.com Patch
Fix bounds checks again. · file/file@1aec04d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:035 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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