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
References
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.htmlPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295Exploit, Patch
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0bExploit, Patch
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.htmlPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295Exploit, Patch
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0bExploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.