CVE-2012-1571

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 17 Jul 2012, 21:00
Last modified:04 Dec 2025, 20:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
36/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.6% LOW
1% probability +0.36%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Jul 2012, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Dec 2025, 20:31
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.60%• Percentile: 70%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

  • CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • christos_zoulas•file

    ≤ 5.10

References (6)