CVE-2012-1584

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    CVE-2012-1584

    Published: 6 Sept 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/48211, http://secunia.com/advisories/48792, http://secunia.com/advisories/49688, https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308, 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://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

    Affected packages

    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