field.c in the libid3tag 0.15.0b library allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an…

Description

field.c in the libid3tag 0.15.0b library allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an ID3_FIELD_TYPE_STRINGLIST field that ends in '\0', which triggers an infinite loop.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (9)

• MDVSA-2008:103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• GLSA-200805-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-3757 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 30173 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30182 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29210 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [mad-dev] 20080112 Initite loop bug in libid3tag-0.15.0b (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• libid3tag-field-dos(42271) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:49 UTC.