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    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.

    Published:Feb 16, 2012
    Last Modified:Dec 4, 2025
    EPS:Jul 17, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.00192
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Christos Zoulas
    Product
    File
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Tim Robbins
    Product
    Libmagic

    Exploits

    https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0bhttps://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b

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