What is CVE-2012-1571?

CVE-2012-1571 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Christos Zoulas File, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2012-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2012-1571?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Christos Zoulas File

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.041 (89.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1571?: CVE-2012-1571 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Christos Zoulas File, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2012-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2012-1571?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.