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TI-2023-25666 Aliases CVE-2023-47466GHSA-63jr-j347-v237

NULL pointer dereference in TagLib

Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00325 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial TagLib (TagLib): 2.0Red Hat: 5 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TagLibTagLibbefore 2.02.0Patch availableCNA
  • TagLib VendorTagLib Affected before 2.0 Fixed in 2.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:taglib:taglib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.0VulnerableTagLib
  • cpe:2.3:a:taglib:taglib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.0 Vulnerable ·TagLib

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA TagLib (TagLib) Fixed in 2.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-47466
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-63jr-j347-v237

References

Exploit 1

Patch 3

  • TI-2017-09397 In TagLib 1.11.1, the rebuildAggregateFrames function in id3v2framefactory.cpp has a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-08165 The TagLib::Ogg::FLAC::File::scan function in oggflacfile.cpp in TagLib 1.11.1 allows… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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