taglib: integer overflow can crash application
Published Sep 6, 2012
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.65%
Description
Integer 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.
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
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | taglib | Affected | 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 | 2.65% (0.02646) | 85.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.65% (0.02646) | 83.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.19% (0.03187) | 85.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.72% (0.07721) | 86.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.19% (0.03187) | 86.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00291) | 69.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00257) | 65.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00257) | 63.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00269) | 62.60th | 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) |
References (16)
- 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://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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/26/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52290 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1584 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810009 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78909 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1584
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1584
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