Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-1571
CVE-2012-1571
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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:tim_robbins:libmagic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
21859fdb4e67chttps://github.com/glensc/filevia nvd-ref
1aec04dbf8a2https://github.com/glensc/filevia nvd-ref
Vulnerability mechanics
Synthesis attempt was rejected by the grounding validator. Re-run pending.
References
6- mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.htmlnvdPatch
- github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295nvdExploitPatch
- github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0bnvdExploitPatch
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1nvd
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