Gentoo · Gentoo Linux · CVE-2012-1584
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
TagLib versions prior to 1.7.1
Gentoo Linux (affected versions not specified)
**Description**
The issue concerns multiple vulnerabilities in the TagLib package that can lead to a denial of service, causing disruption to protected information. Exploitation can be done remotely. Specifically, an integer overflow in the `mid` function in `toolkit/tbytevector.cpp` in TagLib 1.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause an application crash via a crafted file header field in a media file, triggering a large memory allocation.
**Recommendations**
For TagLib versions prior to 1.7.1, update to version 1.7.1 or later to resolve the issue.
For Gentoo Linux, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.