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1 vulnerability by tim_robbins
CVE-2012-1571 (GCVE-0-2012-1571)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-17 21:00 – Updated: 2025-12-04 20:31
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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