CVE-2012-1584

Exp

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.

Published: 2012-09-06 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1584 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.81%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-1584

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1584

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-17 3.19% 2.81% -0.37%
2 2025-03-30 7.72% 3.19% -4.53%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.72% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1584

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1584

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1584

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-1584 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (taglib), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1584
gentoo normal CVE-2012-1584: 1 GLSA(s) (201206-16), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/taglib); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-1584
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1584
ubuntu low CVE-2012-1584 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (taglib), 17 status rows across 17 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 9, not-affected 6, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1584

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1584

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
scott_wheeler taglib <= 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scott_wheeler taglib 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:scott_wheeler:taglib:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1584

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