CVE-2023-47466
Publication date 22 May 2025
Last updated 2 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
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.
Read the notes from the security team
Why is this CVE low priority?
Only a denial of service when writing to a corrupted WAV file
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| taglib | 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
Notes
mdeslaur
Only a denial of service when writing to a corrupted WAV file, this has a low security impact
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
2.9 · Low
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |