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CVE-2012-1571 json

file before 5.11 and libmagic allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Composite Document File (CDF) file…

published 2012-07-17 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1589

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • file Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1571

  • php RHEL 6 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1
  • php53 RHEL 5 5.3.3-23.el5_10
  • php-gd RHEL 6 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1
  • php-cli RHEL 6 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1
  • php-dba RHEL 6 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1
  • php-fpm RHEL 6 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1
  • php-pdo RHEL 6 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1
  • php-xml RHEL 6 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1012RHSA-2014:1606

  • file openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.29-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10221-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-1571 updated cvss 4.3

file: out of bounds read in CDF parser

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) php53 5.3.3-23.el5_10, php53-gd 5.3.3-23.el5_10, php53-cli 5.3.3-23.el5_10, php53-dba 5.3.3-23.el5_10, php53-pdo 5.3.3-23.el5_10, php53-xml 5.3.3-23.el5_10, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1012
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) file 5.04-21.el6, file-libs 5.04-21.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1606
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-gd 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-cli 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-dba 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-fpm 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-pdo 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, +21 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) php53 5.3.3-23.el5_10, php53-gd 5.3.3-23.el5_10, php53-cli 5.3.3-23.el5_10, php53-dba 5.3.3-23.el5_10, php53-pdo 5.3.3-23.el5_10, php53-xml 5.3.3-23.el5_10, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) file 5.04-21.el6, php 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, file-libs 5.04-21.el6, php-cli 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-common 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-gd 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-dba 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-fpm 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-pdo 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-xml 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, +19 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) file 5.04-21.el6, php 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, file-libs 5.04-21.el6, php-gd 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-cli 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-pdo 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-dba 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-fpm 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-zts 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-imap 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-intl 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, +9 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) file 5.04-21.el6, php 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, file-libs 5.04-21.el6, php-gd 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-cli 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-pdo 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-dba 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-fpm 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-zts 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-imap 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, php-intl 5.3.3-27.el6_5.1, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1012
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php, rpm, file, cdrtools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 php, file, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, +21 more Red Hat Software Collections php54-php, php55-php, php54-php-gd, php55-php-gd, php54-php-cli, php54-php-dba, +44 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
11 mo ago

Exploit prediction

4.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.