CVE-2012-1108

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The parse function in ogg/xiphcomment.cpp in TagLib 1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted vendorLength field in an ogg file.

Affected products

Scott Wheeler Taglib: through 1.7; 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4 (+5)

References

http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002186.html
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002191.html
http://osvdb.org/79813
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.securityfocus.com/bid/52284
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73665
https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/b3646a07348ffa276ea41a9dae03ddc63ea6c532
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002186.html

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