CVE-2012-1571

Publication date 17 July 2012

Last updated 8 December 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
file	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 5.09-2ubuntu0.2
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored end of life
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 5.03-5ubuntu1.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

regression fix in DSA-2422-2

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
file	Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422 Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422-2 Upstream: 1859fdb Upstream: 1aec04d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H