CVE-2012-1571
file: out of bounds read in CDF parser
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · February 16, 2012
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension parsed certain Composite Document Format (CDF) files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a PHP application using fileinfo via a specially crafted CDF file.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of the php and file packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 7.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow