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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 denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file header field in a media file, which triggers a large memory allocation.

    Published:Mar 4, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Sep 6, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.03187
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Scott Wheeler
    Product
    Taglib

    Exploits

    https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

    References

    http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002186.html
    http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002191.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48211
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48792
    http://secunia.com/advisories/49688
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-16.xml
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/19
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/11
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/26/4
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52290
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78909
    https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308
    http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002186.html
    http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002191.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48211
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48792
    http://secunia.com/advisories/49688
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-16.xml
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/19
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/11
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/26/4
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52290
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78909
    https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High