taglib: ape file with sampleRate 0 causes crash
Published Sep 6, 2012
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.83%
Description
The analyzeCurrent function in ape/apeproperties.cpp in TagLib 1.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted sampleRate in an ape file, which triggers a divide-by-zero error.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.7
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of taglib as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01827) | 78.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01827) | 75.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.86% (0.02857) | 85.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.97% (0.06967) | 85.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.02% (0.02017) | 82.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00278) | 69.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00246) | 64.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00246) | 62.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00257) | 61.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002186.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002187.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/79814 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48211 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48792 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49688 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-16.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/19 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52284 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1107 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800553 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73666 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/77d61c6eca4d08b9b025738acf6b926cc750db23 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1107
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1107
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