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high 8.8

CVE-2017-12678 json

In TagLib 1.11.1, the rebuildAggregateFrames function in id3v2framefactory.cpp has a pointer to cast vulnerability, which allows remote att…

published 2017-08-08 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-4217

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • taglib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12678

  • taglib openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.12-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11421-1

  • taglib Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +12 more 1.11.1-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-12678

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • taglib CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.13.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-7379

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12678 updated cvss 3.3

taglib: Incorrect cast in rebuildAggregateFrames function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 taglib Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 taglib
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

Sources

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