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Vulnerability details: VCID-at7n-u124-efd5
Vulnerability ID VCID-at7n-u124-efd5
Aliases CVE-2012-1571
Summary A vulnerability in file could result in Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
ssvc Track http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
epss 0.00431 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1571
epss 0.00431 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1571
epss 0.00431 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1571
epss 0.00431 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1571
epss 0.00431 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1571
epss 0.00431 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1571
epss 0.00431 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1571
epss 0.00431 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1571
epss 0.00431 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1571
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
ssvc Track https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
ssvc Track https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
ssvc Track http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
ssvc Track http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
ssvc Track http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-1571.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1571
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1571
000914.html http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295 https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
664263 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664263
805197 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805197
advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
dsa-2422 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
GLSA-201209-14 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-14
RHSA-2014:1012 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1012
RHSA-2014:1606 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1606
USN-2123-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2123-1/
USN-2123-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-12-04T20:30:57Z/ Found at http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-12-04T20:30:57Z/ Found at https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-12-04T20:30:57Z/ Found at https://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0b
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-12-04T20:30:57Z/ Found at http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-12-04T20:30:57Z/ Found at http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-12-04T20:30:57Z/ Found at http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.62468
EPSS Score 0.00431
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:10:21.388547+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-14 38.0.0