Buffer overflow in file

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU32802

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1571

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

file: 5.00 - 5.10

External links

http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
http://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
http://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.