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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-2109
field.c in the libid3tag 0.15.0b library allows context-dependent attackers to...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:103
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-15.xml
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00159.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30173
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30182
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210564
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29210
- http://www.mars.org/mailman/public/mad-dev/2008-January/001366.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42271
Affected Vendor
media-libs
View all reports →Affected Software
libid3tag
Vulnerable Versions:
0.15.0b
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 7th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.