Out-of-Bounds Affecting file package, versions <5.11-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.7% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-FILE-301094
  • published17 Jul 2012
  • disclosed17 Jul 2012

Introduced: 17 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-1571  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 file to version 5.11-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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