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CVE-2012-1108
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…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 49688 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 79813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/b3646a07348ffa276ea41a9dae03ddc63ea6c532 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48792 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [pipermail] 20120304 multiple security vulnerabilities in taglib (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201206-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [pipermail] 20120305 multiple security vulnerabilities in taglib (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 48211 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- taglib-parse-dos(73665) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 52284 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120305 Re: CVE-Request taglib vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-1142 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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