CVE-2023-47466
What it is
TagLib before 2.0 allows a segmentation violation and application crash during tag writing via a crafted WAV file in which an id3 chunk is the only valid chunk.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-476 · NULL pointer dereference
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Taglib < 2.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 2.9
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dfa33bec0806cbb45785accb8cc6c2048a7d40cf
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/compare/v1.13.1...v2.0
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/pull/1164
References
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dfa33bec0806cbb45785accb8cc6c2048a7d40cf
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/compare/v1.13.1...v2.0
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/issues/1163
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/pull/1164
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00022.html
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/issues/1163