taglib: ogg file with vendorLength field modification causes crash
Published Sep 6, 2012
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.10%
Description
The parse function in ogg/xiphcomment.cpp in TagLib 1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted vendorLength field in an ogg file.
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.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
taglib
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | taglib | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
taglib is only used in client applications. We do not consider a user-assisted crash of a client application such as k3b or Totem to be a security issue.
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 | 3.10% (0.03103) | 87.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.10% (0.03103) | 86.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.78% (0.03777) | 86.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.44% (0.08443) | 86.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.78% (0.03777) | 87.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 87.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 6, 2024 | 1.36% (0.01362) | 85.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 86.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2023 | 1.86% (0.01856) | 86.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.57% (0.01571) | 85.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
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/002191.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/79813 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-2012-1108 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800559 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73665 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/b3646a07348ffa276ea41a9dae03ddc63ea6c532 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1108
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1108
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