CVE-2012-1571
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1571
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.11-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.11-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.11-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.11-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.11-1 |
References
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
- 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
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1571
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-125
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.