CVE-2004-2779

id3_utf16_deserialize() in utf16.c in libid3tag through 0.15.1b misparses ID3v2 tags encoded in UTF-16 with an odd number of bytes, triggering an endless loop allocating memory until an OOM condition is reached, leading to denial-of-service (DoS).

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-02-20

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Libid3tag (Underbit)

References

• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647
• https://sources.debian.org/patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/