CVE-2012-1107 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can crash applications using TagLib by providing a crafted APE file with a malicious sample rate, causing a divide-by-zero error.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2012-1107?

CVE-2012-1107 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Sep 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The analyzeCurrent function in ape/apeproperties.cpp in TagLib 1.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted sampleRate in an ape file, which triggers a divide-by-zero error.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1107?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Scott Wheeler Taglib.

How do I fix CVE-2012-1107?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2012-1107 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1107 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1107, GHSA-9c59-3f2v-28rr.

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