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2 vulnerabilities found for libmagic by tim_robbins
CVE-2012-1571 (GCVE-0-2012-1571)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2012-07-17 21:00 – Updated: 2025-12-04 20:31
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2012-02-21 00:00
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CVE-2012-1571 (GCVE-0-2012-1571)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-17 21:00 – Updated: 2025-12-04 20:31
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
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