Scott Wheeler TagLib up to 1.7 analyzeCurrent denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Scott Wheeler TagLib up to 1.7. This vulnerability affects the function analyzeCurrent. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-1107. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Scott Wheeler TagLib up to 1.7. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function analyzeCurrent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 09/06/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-1107 since 02/14/2012. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74595 (openSUSE Security Update : taglib (openSUSE-SU-2012:0490-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (73666), Tenable (74595), SecurityFocus (BID 52284†), OSVDB (79814†) and Secunia (SA48211†). See VDB-62102 and VDB-62099 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 74595
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : taglib (openSUSE-SU-2012:0490-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 864346
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for taglib FEDORA-2012-4184
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: github.com

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02/14/2012 🔍
03/04/2012 +19 days 🔍
03/05/2012 +1 days 🔍
09/06/2012 +185 days 🔍
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07/03/2013 +300 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +345 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +283 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 77d61c6eca4d08b9b025738acf6b926cc750db23
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-1107 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1107
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62098
X-Force: 73666
SecurityFocus: 52284 - taglib Buffer Overflow and Divide-By-Zero Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 48211
OSVDB: 79814
Vulnerability Center: 40290 - TabLib 1.7 and Previous Remote Denial of Service due to a Problem in the ape/apeproperties.cpp File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/13/2021 10:54
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (66), 05/04/2017 10:41 (5), 12/13/2021 10:48 (4), 12/13/2021 10:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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