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CVE-2012-1584

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1584 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the mid function of TagLib 1.7 and earlier, specifically within the toolkit/tbytevector.cpp file. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by providing a specially crafted media file header that leads to an excessively large memory allocation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: taglib

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1584Moderate

taglib: integer overflow can crash application

Mar 4, 2012

References

mail.kde.org / pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002186.html
mail.kde.org / pipermail/taglib-devel/2012-March/002191.html
secunia.com / advisories/48211
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48792
secunia.com / advisories/49688
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78909
github.com / taglib/taglib/commit/dcdf4fd954e3213c355746fa15b7480461972308
ExploitPatch
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-16.xml
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/19
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/11
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/26/4
securityfocus.com / bid/52290