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CVE-2012-1108 json

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 craf…

published 2012-09-06 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1142

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • taglib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.7.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1108

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-1108 updated cvss 4.3

taglib: ogg file with vendorLength field modification causes crash

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 taglib
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/b3646a07348ffa276ea41a9dae03ddc63ea6c532 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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