CVE-2012-1571 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the application by providing a crafted Composite Document File, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-1571?
CVE-2012-1571 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1571?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Christos Zoulas File, Tim Robbins Libmagic.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1571?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-1571 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1571 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1571, DSA-2422-1, GHSA-xv4r-r9fj-hh6h.