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CVE-2012-1584
Integer overflow in the mid function in toolkit/tbytevector.cpp in TagLib 1.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 months later
· 6 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)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 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.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 49688 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- taglib-mid-dos(78909) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 52290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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
- [oss-security] 20120326 Re: CVE-Request taglib vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120321 Re: CVE-Request taglib vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 48211 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120305 Re: CVE-Request taglib vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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