CVE-2012-1571

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

4.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 90.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2012-07-17 21:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-12-04 20:31Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2012-03-12

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

3c0159bc72e3c3ca876e5454db69af130d8a851437843d5a0847b76814e7d562

• www.debian.orgDSA-2422http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2422vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:035http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:035vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• github.comhttps://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1aec04dbf8a24b8a6ba64c4f74efa0628e36db0bx_refsource_CONFIRM
• mx.gw.com[file] 20120221 file-5.11 is now availablehttp://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2012/000914.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/glensc/file/commit/1859fdb4e67c49c463c4e0078054335cd46ba295x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2123-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU