CVE-2012-1584

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1584
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-06 18:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the mid function in toolkit/tbytevector.cpp in TagLib 1.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file header field in a media file, which triggers a large memory allocation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.0 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.1 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.2 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.3 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.3.1 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.4 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.5 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.6 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.6.1 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.6.2 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib 1.6.3 All All All
Application Scott Wheeler Taglib All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA48211 - TagLib Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
taglib Memory Corruption and Infinite Loop Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-Request taglib vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA49688 - Gentoo update for TagLib - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- TagLib: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-Request taglib vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-Request taglib vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
multiple security vulnerabilities in taglib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.kde.org
Avoid uint overflow in case the length + index is over UINT_MAX · taglib/taglib@dcdf4fd · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
multiple security vulnerabilities in taglib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.kde.org
Security Advisory SA48792 - SUSE update for taglib - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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