Input validation error in TagLib - CVE-2012-1584
Published: September 6, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43618
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1584
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: TagLib
Affected software:
TagLib
TagLib
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1584
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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