FKIE_CVE-2004-2779
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-02-20 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:10
Severity
Summary
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).
References
| URL | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| cve@mitre.org | https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913 | Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647 | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | https://sources.debian.org/patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/ | Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=304913 | Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162647 | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://sources.debian.org/patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/ | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:10:19.630",
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