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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 Sep 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1107, GHSA-9c59-3f2v-28rr

## 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: Scott Wheeler Taglib.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-1107?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2012-1107 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2012-1108](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1108/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2012-1584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1584/): Integer overflow in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-1107 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1107/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1107/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1107
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1107
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1107

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