file: out of bounds read in CDF parser
Published Jul 17, 2012
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.12%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 5.10
- n/a
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php53-0:5.3.3-23.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1012
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
file-0:5.04-21.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1606
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
php-0:5.3.3-27.el6_5.1
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1012
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cdrtools
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
file
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
rpm
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
file
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
php
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
php54-php
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
php55-php
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53-0:5.3.3-23.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1012 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file-0:5.04-21.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1606 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php-0:5.3.3-27.el6_5.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1012 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cdrtools | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | file | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | rpm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | file | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php54-php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php55-php | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of the php and file packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 7.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Dec 4, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.12% (0.04117) | 90.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.10% (0.04098) | 89.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.20% (0.00203) | 40.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.12% (0.01118) | 85.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00947) | 82.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 13, 2023 | 1.24% (0.01237) | 83.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 1.29% (0.01293) | 83.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.09% (0.01093) | 82.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1571 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805197 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1571
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1571
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1571 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805197 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1571 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1571 |
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