Vulnerability in Underbit Libid3tag
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).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (83.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.025 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- sources.debian.org/patches/libid3tag/0.15.1b-13/10_utf16.dpatch/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2004-2779?
- CVE-2004-2779 is a high-severity vulnerability in Underbit Libid3tag, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-20.
- How severe is CVE-2004-2779?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.