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.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2422-2 file regression fix
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1589 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2123-1 file vulnerabilities
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Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-125
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-04T20:31:00.745Z

Reserved: 2012-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1571

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:01:02.472Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-07-17T21:55:01.413

Modified: 2025-12-04T21:16:03.980

Link: CVE-2012-1571

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-02-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-1571 - Bugzilla

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