Buffer overflow in file - CVE-2012-1571
Published: July 18, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32802
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1571
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ian F. Darwin
Affected software:
file
file
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1571
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
- https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b