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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
Patch mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
62.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (2)
christos_zoulas/file
< 5.10
tim_robbins/libmagic
Published
Jul 17, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026