UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12678

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12678
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12678.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12678
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:06Z
Published
2017-08-08T01:34:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:50:40.731641Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / taglib

Package

Name
taglib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/taglib@1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build2

Affected versions

1.*

1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2
1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libtag1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtag1-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtag1v5",
            "binary_version": "1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtag1v5-vanilla",
            "binary_version": "1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtag1v5-vanilla-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtagc0",
            "binary_version": "1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtagc0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtagc0-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.2build2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12678.json"