CVE-2012-1571
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1589)
- Published
- July 17, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1589 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on December 4, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- christos zoulas / file
- tim robbins / libmagic
References
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html(Patch)
- 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/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295(Exploit, Patch)
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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