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CVE-2012-1571

Published: Jul 17, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.1%
Top 10.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-119CWE-125

Affected Products

christos zoulas
individual-devaka file, file 1
fileLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
tim robbins
libmagicLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Collection
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
debian.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
mandriva.com
https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
github.com
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