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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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-04 20:30 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
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http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2012-02-21 00:00
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