CVE-2012-1571

NameCVE-2012-1571
Descriptionfile 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2422-1
Debian Bugs664263

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
file (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye1:5.39-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:5.44-3fixed
sid, trixie1:5.45-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
filesourcesqueeze5.04-5+squeeze1DSA-2422-1
filesource(unstable)5.11-1low664263
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