CVE-2017-12678

In TagLib 1.11.1, the rebuildAggregateFrames function in id3v2framefactory.cpp has a pointer to cast vulnerability, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file.

Database specific

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References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/taglib/taglib

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/taglib/taglib

Events

Introduced

e36a9cabb9882e61276161c23834d966d62073b7

Last Affected

e36a9cabb9882e61276161c23834d966d62073b7

Fixed

cb9f07d9dcd791b63e622da43f7b232adaec0a9a

Database specific

Show details

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        {
            "introduced":  "1.11.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "1.11.1"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*

1.11.1

v1.*

v1.11.1

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12678.json"

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vanir_signatures_modified

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