CVE-2012-1571: christos_zoulas file
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-1571 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in christos_zoulas file. EPSS estimates a 4.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 17-07-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-12-2025Last modifiedVulnerability 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
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
4.12%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.12% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundFile
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadThe product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Christos_zoulas1 product
- file≤ 5.10
Debian1 product
- file< 5.04-5+squeeze1 | < 5.11-1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
7 links
- github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0bX Refsource CONFIRMExploitPatch
- github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295X Refsource CONFIRMExploitPatch