DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1571

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1571 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	file	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	file	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	file	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	file	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Jul 17, 2012 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1571 advisory

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