FKIE_CVE-2012-1584

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-09-06 18:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:39
Severity
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002186.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002191.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48211Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48792
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/49688Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-16.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/19
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/11
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/26/4
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52290
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78909
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002186.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002191.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48211Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48792
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49688Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-16.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/19
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/26/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52290
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78909
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308Exploit, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
scott_wheeler taglib *
scott_wheeler taglib 1.0
scott_wheeler taglib 1.1
scott_wheeler taglib 1.2
scott_wheeler taglib 1.3
scott_wheeler taglib 1.3.1
scott_wheeler taglib 1.4
scott_wheeler taglib 1.5
scott_wheeler taglib 1.6
scott_wheeler taglib 1.6.1
scott_wheeler taglib 1.6.2
scott_wheeler taglib 1.6.3
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:39:48.557",
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