CVE-2012-1584
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1601)
- Published
- September 6, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1601 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
- scott wheeler / taglib
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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48792
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49688(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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