SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-1571

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.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 4.12%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
4.12% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-125
Affected
christos zoulas/file · tim robbins/libmagic
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.